| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 503 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Oak-dominated Ecosystems -- Regeneration Ecology I : Flowering, Fruiting and Reproduction Characteristics -- Regeneration Ecology II : Population Dynamics -- Site Productivity -- Development of Natural Stands -- Self-thinning and Stand Density -- Even-aged Silvicultural Methods -- Uneven-aged Silvicultural Methods -- Silvicultural Methods for Multi-resource Management -- Growth and Yield |
| Summary |
This book contains 10 chapters divided into 3 sections. The first section consists 3 chapters on the ecological characteristics and distribution of oak species and the various kinds of oak forests in the USA. The next 2 chapters on regeneration ecology provide the critical interference between oak ecology and silviculture. The second section comprises 3 chapters covering site productivity and stand development. The third section comprises 4 chapters on silvicultural methods and the growth and yield of oak forests |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Oak -- Ecology -- United States.
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Oak -- United States.
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Quercus.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rogers, Robert, 1941-
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Shifley, Stephen R.
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| LC no. |
2001035883 |
| ISBN |
0851998550 (electronic bk.) |
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1280829680 |
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9780851998558 (electronic bk.) |
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9781280829680 |
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