Silviculture : concepts and applications / Ralph D. Nyland

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This book defines and describes modem silviculture. It characterizes the conditions and responses that silviculturists create by applying different methods and treatments. It includes analytic methods and management guidelines that foresters use in making judgments about what silviculture to try. It illustrates the responses from applying different silviculture, including some obvious and subtle differences between the methods. Further, it outlines the advantages and shortcomings of each practice to help foresters evaluate the alternatives and decide how to treat a forest to serve a landowner's objectives. .