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A text in forest management, with sections on introduction to silviculture, tending and intermediate cutting, regeneration, stand development and structure, and silvicultural management objectives. Includes b&w photos. This ninth edition responds to increasing concern about non-timber uses of forests, with chapters on the silvicultural management of watersheds and wildlife, and emphasizes the kinds of stands and stand-development processes that are the objectives of treatments rather than the treatments themselves. -- Copyright © 1999 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved

Book Description
This is the premier source of ecologically and econimically sound information on the long-term treatment of forests. It provides the information necessary to understand, analyze, and apply the various techniques available for growing stands under any circumstances. It emphasizes the development of techniques so professionals are able to invent silvicultural solutions to problems.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
The ninth edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated for the nineties. It has educated generations of students and professionals to understand, analyze, and apply the details of silviculture. Complex ideas are presented in simple, easy-to-understand language. Plantation silviculture as well as broader forestry theories are covered.

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The ninth edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated for the nineties. It has educated generations of students and professionals to understand, analyze, and apply the details of silviculture. Complex ideas are presented in simple, easy-to-understand language. Plantation silviculture as well as broader forestry theories are covered.

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