Large-scale Silviculture Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington
Large-scale Silviculture Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington

Author: Nathan Jeremy Poage

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 50

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We review 12 large-scale silviculture experiments (LSSEs) in western Washington and Oregon with which the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the USDA Forest Service is substantially involved. We compiled and arrayed information about the LSSEs as a series of matrices in a relational database, which is included on the compact disc published with this report and available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/research/lsse. The LSSEs are both spatially and temporally large scale, with experimental treatment units between 5 and 100 acres and proposed study durations of 20 to 200 years. A defining characteristic of the LSSEs is that a broad range of response variables are measured to characterize the response of forest ecosystems to experimental treatments. We discuss the general value and limitations of the LSSEs and highlight some possible roles that can be played by the LSSEs in addressing management issues emerging at the beginning of the 21st century.

Large-Scale Silvicultural Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington
Large-Scale Silvicultural Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington

Author: United States Department of Agriculture

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781508490692

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In this General Technical Report, we review 12 large-scale silviculture experiments (LSSEs) in western Washington and Oregon with which the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW) of the USDA Forest Service (USFS) is substantially involved (fig. 1, table 1). (For the purposes of this report, western Oregon and Washington is defined as the part of those states located west of the crest of the Cascade Range.) We expand upon previous overview efforts that have provided general summaries of many of these LSSEs (e.g., Monserud 2002, Peterson and Monserud 2002, Reutebuch et al. 2004). Our goal is to provide forest managers, planners, and scientists with detailed information about each LSSE and to organize this information in such a way as to facilitate comparison among studies.

Large-scale Silviculture Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington
Large-scale Silviculture Experiments of Western Oregon and Washington

Author: Nathan J. Poage

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 44

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We review 12 large-scale silviculture experiments (LSSEs) in western Washington and Oregon with which the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the USDA Forest Service is substantially involved. We compiled and arrayed information about the LSSEs as a series of matrices in a relational database, which is included on the compact disc published with this report and available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/research/lsse. The LSSEs are both spatially and temporally large scale, with experimental treatment units between 5 and 100 acres and proposed study durations of 20 to 200 years. A defining characteristic of the LSSEs is that a broad range of response variables are measured to characterize the response of forest ecosystems to experimental treatments. We discuss the general value and limitations of the LSSEs and highlight some possible roles that can be played by the LSSEs in addressing management issues emerging at the beginning of the 21st century .

A Critique of Silviculture
A Critique of Silviculture

Author: Klaus J. Puettmann

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1610911237

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The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing needed wood products. A Critique of Silviculture offers a penetrating look at the current state of the field and provides suggestions for its future development. The book includes an overview of the historical developments of silvicultural techniques and describes how these developments are best understood in their contemporary philosophical, social, and ecological contexts. It also explains how the traditional strengths of silviculture are becoming limitations as society demands a varied set of benefits from forests and as we learn more about the importance of diversity on ecosystem functions and processes. The authors go on to explain how other fields, specifically ecology and complexity science, have developed in attempts to understand the diversity of nature and the variability and heterogeneity of ecosystems. The authors suggest that ideas and approaches from these fields could offer a road map to a new philosophical and practical approach that endorses managing forests as complex adaptive systems. A Critique of Silviculture bridges a gap between silviculture and ecology that has long hindered the adoption of new ideas. It breaks the mold of disciplinary thinking by directly linking new ideas and findings in ecology and complexity science to the field of silviculture. This is a critically important book that is essential reading for anyone involved with forest ecology, forestry, silviculture, or the management of forested ecosystems.

Integrated Restoration of Forested Ecosystems to Achieve Multiresource Benefits
Integrated Restoration of Forested Ecosystems to Achieve Multiresource Benefits

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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"A primary mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is multiple resource management, and one of the emerging themes is forest restoration. The National Silviculture Workshop, a biennial event co-sponsored by the Forest Service, was held May 7-10, 2007, in Ketchikan, Alaska, with the theme of "Integrated Restoration of Forested Ecosystems to Achieve Multiresource Benefits." This proceedings presents a compilation of state-of-the-art silvicultural research and forestry management papers that demonstrates integrated restoration to yield multiple resource benefits. These papers highlight national perspectives on ecosystem services, forest restoration and climate change, and regional perspectives on forest restoration and silvicultural practices to achieve multiple resource benefits from researchers and forest practitioners working in a broad array of forest types in the United States."