Silvicultural Systems - Hardcover

Matthews, John D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198594917 ISBN 13: 9780198594918

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1989

Synopsis

The rapid rate of forest clearance in many tropical countries and increasing demand for fuelwood and timber as world populations rise cause serious problems. The reduced area of forest available must be treated so as to produce the highest possible sustained yield of suitable timber, and yet protect the environment and water supplies, conserving wild life, enhancing attractive scenery and giving opportunities for recreation. In Europe complete regimes for regenerating, tending and harvesting forests have provided effective solutions to these problems, and are being used successfully in temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forestry, often under conditions very different from those in which they originated. This study describes the theoretical basis and practical application of 20 silvicultural systems so that foresters and land managers, ecologists and landscape designers can select and use those best suited to their needs.

About this title

Review

`the most important book for British forestry published in this half century, and will become more and more relevant in to the next.' Quarterly Journal of Forestry

'With its short chapters and clear numbered listing of points this text reads easily and holds together well.' Forestry

'Silviculturists, forest ecologists and forest managers will welcome this important book.' J. Wyatt-Smith, Commonwealth Forestry Review, Vol.69(1), No.218, March,1990

'This is the current standard text on silvicultural systems for British readers, and should be on the bookshelves of all practicing foresters and students. John Matthews' book is well worth reading; and the use of the word "silviculture" in the title is fully justified.' D.R. Helliwell, Arboricultural Journal, Vol. 16 No.1, February 1992

'has already been described in the Quarterly Journal of Forestry as being the most important book on British forestry to have been published in this half century' Aslib Book Guide, vol. 57, no. 1, January 1992

'it is so fluently written and readable that it can be confidently recommended to anyone with an interest in woodland management, for whatever purpose ... a great deal of practical knowledge can be gleaned from the book, and this aspect should be particularly valuable to the many people today, without a formal forestry training, who are responsible for woodlands and forests'Esmond Harris, Tree News, Spring 1993

About the Author

John D. Matthews is at University of Aberdeen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0198594917
• ISBN 13: 9780198594918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 297