Regeneration of Red Oak (Quercus Rubra L.) Using Shelterwood Systems
Regeneration of Red Oak (Quercus Rubra L.) Using Shelterwood Systems

Author: Dan Dey

Publisher: Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this report is to review the scientific literature on red oak biology and silviculture as it pertains to the use of shelterwood systems in oak regeneration and management. Sections of the report describe oak ecophysiology and succession; growth characteristics; environmental requirements (light, water, nutrients, temperature) and response to stress (pests, competition); and oak regeneration ecology (acorn production and dispersal, seeding and germination requirements, artificial regeneration). The final section reviews oak management by shelterwood systems, including prescriptions for residual overstory, control of understory vegetation, stocking targets, and final overstory removal.

The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks, 3rd Edition
The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks, 3rd Edition

Author: Paul S Johnson

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2019-04-10

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 1780647085

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The third edition of The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks is an updated and expanded edition that explores oak forests as responsive ecosystems. New chapters emphasize the importance of fire in sustaining and managing oak forests, the effects of a changing climate, and advanced artificial regeneration techniques. This new edition expands on silvicultural methods for restoring and sustaining oak woodlands and savannahs, and on management of ecosystem services, including wildlife habitat. It also incorporates new material on evaluating landscape-scale, and cumulative effects of management action compared with inaction. Nine of the fifteen chapters cover updated information on the geographic distribution of US oaks, oak regeneration dynamics, site productivity, stocking and stand development, even- and uneven-aged silvicultural methods, and growth and yield. This edition includes a new section with colour illustrations for improved visualization of complex relationships. This book is intended for forest and wildlife managers, ecologists, silviculturists, environmentalists, and students of those fields.

Proceedings of a Conference on Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources
Proceedings of a Conference on Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources

Author: Marjorie Holland

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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The conference focused on recent work in freshwater wetlands [both natural and constructed] with a view toward understanding wetland processes in a watershed context. Since humans have played important roles in watershed dynamics for years, attention was given to the human dimensions of wetland and watershed uses. Contributed sessions were organized on: biogeochemical cycling in wetlands; human health issues related to water; wetland restoration and reforestation; the role of wetlands in agricultural systems; wetlands and USA environmental law; chemical ecology and natural products from wetlands; water and wetlands in science education; and regional water strategies.

Ontario Hardwood Silviculture Studies Database
Ontario Hardwood Silviculture Studies Database

Author: William Graham Cole

Publisher: Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Forest Research Institute

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This publication begins with a brief overview of the Ontario Hardwood Silviculture Studies Database version 1.0, which contains descriptive information from over 90 ongoing & historical hardwood silviculture studies & trials. The main section contains an annotated bibliography of 314 publications that are included in the publications section of the Database. Citations are sorted by author's last name and publication date, and include the type of publication and the known location(s) of a hard copy. Appendices include author & subject indexes. Citations were selected for inclusion using the following criteria: the study on which the citation is based occurred in Ontario; the study included some type of silvicultural treatment & measurements of the resulting regeneration success or growth responses; and the study focussed on one or more of the following hardwood species: sugar maple, yellow birch, red oak, American beech, white ash, black cherry, or basswood.