Growing Plantation Forests

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-32478-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

In a highly readable fashion, this book describes the scientific principles which are used throughout the world to ensure rapid, healthy plantation growth. It is written for a world-wide audience, from forestry professionals and scientists through to small plantation growers, to describe how plantations may be grown responsibly and profitably. The author has been a forest scientist for over 30 years.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

West, P. W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Plantation Forests.- 2 Biology of Plantation Growth.- 3 Growth Rates and Wood Quality.- 4 Choosing the Species and Site.- 5 Establishment.- 6 Nutrient Management.-7 Stand Density and Initial Spacing.- 8 Thinning.- 9 Pruning.- 10 Pests.- 11 Diseases.- 12 Tree Breeding.- 13 Mixed-species Plantations.- 14 Conclusion.- References.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Phil West has been a forest scientist for over 30 years. His research specialities concern the growth behaviour of forests. He is presently a forestry consultant and teaches both plantation forestry and forest measurement in the forestry school of Southern Cross University in northern New South Wales, Australia.