Author: Scott Allen StaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hardwoods
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Structural and Compositional Characteristics of Old-growth Red Pine, White Pine, and Northern Hardwood Forests in Minnesota
Author: Scott Allen StaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hardwoods
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Minnesota Old-growth Forests
Author: Scott StaiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Information about Old Growth for Selected Forest Type Groups in the Eastern United States
Author: Chippewa and Superior National Forests (N.F.), Forest Plan Revision
Author: General Technical Report NC.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Ecological Silviculture
Author: Brian J. PalikPublisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478645237
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Classical silviculture has often emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest models—models that emulate natural disturbances and development processes, sustain biological legacies, and allow time to take its course in shaping stands. These methods, dubbed “ecological forestry,” have been successfully implemented by foresters for decades managing a wide variety of forestlands. Ecological silvicultural strategies protect threatened and rare species, sustain biological diversity, and provide habitat for game and non-game species, all while providing timber in profitable ways.
Ecology and Recovery of Eastern Old-Growth Forests
Author: Andrew M. BartonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918908
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The landscapes of North America, including eastern forests, have been shaped by humans for millennia, through fire, agriculture, hunting, and other means. But the arrival of Europeans on America’s eastern shores several centuries ago ushered in the rapid conversion of forests and woodlands to other land uses. By the twentieth century, it appeared that old-growth forests in the eastern United States were gone, replaced by cities, farms, transportation networks, and second-growth forests. Since that time, however, numerous remnants of eastern old growth have been discovered, meticulously mapped, and studied. Many of these ancient stands retain surprisingly robust complexity and vigor, and forest ecologists are eager to develop strategies for their restoration and for nurturing additional stands of old growth that will foster biological diversity, reduce impacts of climate change, and serve as benchmarks for how natural systems operate. Forest ecologists William Keeton and Andrew Barton bring together a volume that breaks new ground in our understanding of ecological systems and their importance for forest resilience in an age of rapid environmental change. This edited volume covers a broad geographic canvas, from eastern Canada and the Upper Great Lakes states to the deep South. It looks at a wide diversity of ecosystems, including spruce-fir, northern deciduous, southern Appalachian deciduous, southern swamp hardwoods, and longleaf pine. Chapters authored by leading old-growth experts examine topics of contemporary forest ecology including forest structure and dynamics, below-ground soil processes, biological diversity, differences between historical and modern forests, carbon and climate change mitigation, management of old growth, and more. This thoughtful treatise broadly communicates important new discoveries to scientists, land managers, and students and breathes fresh life into the hope for sensible, effective management of old-growth stands in eastern forests.
Estimating Red Pine Site Index in Northern Minnesota
Author: David H. AlbanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red pine
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna
Author: Barbara CoffinPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816616892
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Provides information on status, habitat, identification, and conservation recommendations for endangered species of plants, animals, and insects
Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances
Author: Ajith H. PereraPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231129173
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This comprehensive collection of provocative papers provides a scientific foundation for justifying the use of and a solid framework for examining the ambiguities inherent in emulating natural forest landscape disturbance. Contributors range from policymakers and forestry professionals to academics and conservationists, offering a balanced view of the promises and challenges of the forest management paradigm in sustaining forest landscapes. The book opens with an overview of foundational concepts, a detailed discussion of emerging forest management paradigms and their global context, and an examination of the ecological premise for emulating natural disturbance. This section also explores the current understanding of natural disturbance regimes, including the two most prevalent in North America: fire and insects. The volume then uses several geographically diverse case studies to address the characterization of natural disturbances and the development of applied templates for their emulation through forest management. The emphasis on fire regimes reflects the greater focus that has traditionally been placed on understanding and managing fire, compared with other forms of disturbance, and utilizes several viewpoints to address the lessons learned from historical disturbance patterns. Reflecting current developments in the field, immediate challenges, and potential directions, this collection concludes with a penetrating look at practical applications, exploring the expectations for and feasibility of emulating natural disturbance through forest management.