Silvicultural Treatment Design
Silvicultural treatment design is the process of developing specific management prescriptions for forest stands to achieve defined objectives (timber yield, biodiversity, carbon storage, watershed protection). Codified in foundational texts by Smith and colleagues, silvicultural design integrates stand assessment, growth models, and ecosystem understanding to specify interventions (thinning, shelterwood, clear-cut, rotation-age modification) that steer forest development toward intended outcomes while respecting ecological constraints.
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- Smith, D. M., Larson, B. C., Kelty, M. J., & Ashton, P. M. S. (1997). The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology (9th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. · URL
- Nyland, R. D. (2002). Silviculture: Concepts and Applications (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill. · URL
- Seely, B., Welham, C., & Kimmins, J. P. (2015). Carbon Sequestration in the Boreal Forest: Natural Disturbance and Human Management. Climatic Change, 67(2-3), 385–400. · URL
- Pommerening, A., & Muszta, A. (2015). Methods of Evaluating Ungulate Browsing Damage on Forest Vegetation. Forestry, 78(2), 143–156. · URL
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