Undoing the Damage
Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Paul A. Wojtkowski: Dittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-426-5; 2006;325 pages + 8 pages in color; $ 53.20      Buy Now

As a natural science, silviculture has a large say in how humans interact with the terrestrial world. Although the perspective taken here that the production of wood is narrow, the amount of land area consumed is extensive; the indirect consequences of wood production on natural processes are larger still.

Through the amount of land engaged, the flora and fauna affected and the environmental consequences, good or bad; silviculture is a frequent constituent in applied ecology, environmental science, conservation ecology and other broad land-use disciplines. Silvicultural expertize is essential when trees and wood are an economic output; often best promoted when silviculture is allied with hydrology, ecology, soil science, wildlife management, etc. This book touches upon the following important areas of the subject in detail.


Contents :

. Introduction
. Agrobionomic Principles
. Economic Measures and Spatial Patterns
. Temporal Dynamics
. Use Concepts
. Niche Transitions and Ecological Services
. Risk Containment
. Monoculture
. Bicultures
. Three-Plus Polycultures
. Taungyas
. Natural Forest Management
. Agroforests
. Nature - Silvicultural Interface
. Community Forestry
. Silvicultural Landscapes
. Perspectives