Author: A K Mitchell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2000-06-20

Total Pages: 416

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Summarizes the state of the art of forest science in North America with contributions from practitioners and researchers. Addresses changing priorities in forest management, with chapters on biodiversity research, productivity of commercial species, conserving adaptive variation in forest ecosystems, and the effect of harvesting trees on nutrient leaching. Examines the social, biological, and industrial context of forest biology, and discusses new directions for research into genetics, physiology, plant silviculture, and conservation. Material originated at a 1998 meeting. Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Sustainable Forestry, v.10, nos. 1/2 and 3/4 2000. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR