Plantation silviculture - Shepherd, K. R.

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Sommaire:
1 Introduction.- Nature of Plantations.- Plantations, Economics and Land Use.- Costs and Benefits.- Silviculture as Both Art and Science.- Silvicultural Systems.- 2 Seed Production.- The Need for Good Quality Seed.- The Reproductive Cycle in Forest Trees.- Factors Influencing Flowering and Seed Production.- Seed Production from the Natural Forest or from Plantation.- Seed Orchards.- 3 Seed Handling.- Trade in Seed.- Seed Collection.- Seed Extraction.- Drying and Storage of Seed.- Seed Testing.- Seed Dormancy and Pre-Sowing Treatment.- 4 Nursery Practice.- Seedlings for Planting.- The Nursery Site.- Bare-Root Seedling Production.- Production of Container Stock.- Asexual or Vegetative Propagation.- Planting Stock Quality.- Nursery Records.- 5 Plantations and Land-Use.- Plantations and Conservation.- Site Evaluation.- Climate.- Site Quality.- Plantation Design.- 6 Growth of Even-Aged Crops.- Tree Stands, and Monocultures.- Growth of Single Stems.- Growth of the Forest Stand.- Stand Growthand Stocking Density.- Biomass Production.- 7 Planting, Site Preparation and Maintenance.- Silvicultural Decisions.- Site Preparation Methods.- Maintaining Site Productivity.- 8 Planting and Early Maintenance.- Choice of Species.- Choice of Espacement.- Planting.- Protection and Early Maintenance.- 9 Pruning.- Reasons for Pruning.- Natural Pruning.- Artificial Pruning.- Pruning and Wood Quality.- 10 Thinning.- Thinning and Growth of Stands.- Objectives of Thinning.- Integration of Forest and Industry.- Biological Considerations.- Thinning Methods.- Thinning, Harvesting and the Environment.- Wind Stability and Thinning.- Thinning and Wood Quality.- 11 Silvicultural Management.- Tactics and Strategies in Silviculture.- A Silvicultural Regime.- Models for Evaluating Silvicultural Alternatives.- Silvicultural Regimes to Suit Different Management Objectives.- Plantations and the Future.- References.