Ecological Silvicultural Systems

Exemplary Models for Sustainable Forest Management

Brian J. Palik, Anthony W. D'Amato

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781119890904
• eBook ISBN: 9781119890928
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

ECOLOGICAL SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Unleash the natural power and adaptability of forests with this cutting-edge guide

For generations, silvicultural systems have focused largely on models whose primary objective is the production of timber, leading to drastically simplified forests with reduced ecological richness, diversity, and complexity. Ecological silviculture, by contrast, focuses on producing and maintaining forests with "all their parts"—, that is, with the diversity and flexibility to respond and adapt to global changes. Ecological silviculture seeks to emulate natural development models and sustain healthy forests serving multiple values and goals.

Ecological Silvicultural Systems provides a comprehensive introduction to these approaches and their benefits tailored to diverse types of forests, designed for forest management professionals. It provides a series of exemplary models for ecological silviculture and surveys the resulting forest ecosystems. The result is a text that meets the needs of professionals in forestry and natural resource management with an eye towards sustaining healthy forest ecosystems, adapting them to climate change, protecting them from invasive species, and responding to changing market forces.

Ecological Silvicultural Systems readers will also find:

• Detailed treatment of forest ecosystems in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia
• A broad field of contributors with decades of combined expertise on multiple continents
• Discussion of pine woodlands; temperate hardwood forests, boreal forests, temperate rainforests, and more

Ecological Silvicultural Systems is a useful reference for professional foresters, wildlife habitat managers, restoration ecologists, and undergraduate and graduate students in any of these fields.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 The Context of Ecological Silviculture
• Chapter 2 Ecological Silviculture for Great Lakes Red Pine Ecosystems
• Chapter 3 Ecological Silviculture for Northern Hardwood Ecosystems of Northeastern U.S.
• Chapter 4 Ecological Silviculture in Douglas-fir–Western Hemlock Ecosystems
• Chapter 5 Ecological Silviculture for Longleaf Pine Woodlands in the Southeastern U.S.
• Chapter 6 Ecological Silviculture for Southeastern US Pine-Oak Forests
• Chapter 7 Ecological Silviculture for Lowland Wet Conifer Forest Lake States
• Chapter 8 Ecological Silviculture for Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forests
• Chapter 9 Ecological Silviculture for Yellow Birch–Conifer Mixedwoods in Eastern Canada
• Chapter 10 Ecological Silviculture of Black Spruce in Canadian Boreal Forests
• Chapter 11 Ecological Silviculture for Acadian Forests
• Chapter 12 Ecological Silviculture for Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forests
• Chapter 13 Ecological Silviculture for Aspen Mixedwoods in Western Canada
• Chapter 14 Ecological Silviculture for Interior Ponderosa Pine and Dry Mixed-Conifer Ecosystems
• Chapter 15 Ecological Silviculture for North American Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforests
• Chapter 16 Ecological Silviculture for Oak Ecosystems of the Central Hardwoods Region, USA
• Chapter 17 Ecological Silviculture for Fennoscandian Scots Pine Ecosystems
• Chapter 18 Silvicultural Systems in the Mountain Ash Forests of the Central Highlands of Victoria, South-eastern Australia
• Chapter 19 Ecological Silviculture for European Beech-Dominated Forest Ecosystems
• Chapter 20 Ecological Silviculture for Chilean Temperate Rainforests
• Chapter 21 The Place of Ecological Silviculture, Now and in the Future
• Index
• EULA