The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Conflicting Environmental Philosophies -- Silviculture: a Consilient Discipline -- References -- 1 Oak-dominated Ecosystems -- Introduction -- The Taxonomy of Oaks -- The Geographic Distribution of US Oaks -- Species ranges and groupings -- Distribution of oaks by hierarchically classified ecoregions -- Eastern Oak Forests -- The Northern Hardwood Region -- The Central Hardwood Region -- The Southern Pine-Hardwood Region -- The Forest-Prairie Transition Region -- Western Oak Forests -- The Southwestern Desert-Steppe Region -- The Pacific Mediterranean-Marine Region -- The Influence of Climate Change -- Notes -- References -- 2 Regeneration Ecology I: Flowering, Fruiting and Reproduction Characteristics -- Introduction -- Flowering -- Male flowers -- Female flowers -- Factors Affecting Acorn Production -- Weather -- Premature abscission -- Variation in acorn production -- Acorn Predation and Dispersal -- Insects: destroyers of acorns -- The significance of acorn dispersal by animals -- Oak Seedling Establishment -- Germination and initial establishment -- Early growth -- Seedling Sprouts -- Shoot dieback and root:shoot ratio -- Occurrence of shoot dieback -- Stump Sprouts and Related Growth Forms -- Definitions and origins -- Sprouting probability -- Sprout growth and mortality -- Dominance probability -- Notes -- References -- 3 Regeneration Ecology II: Population Dynamics -- Introduction -- Regeneration Strategy -- Reproductive mechanisms: seeding and sprouting -- Accumulation of oak reproduction -- Fluctuation in population density -- Regeneration Potential -- Regeneration mode -- Modelling theory and objectives -- Stand-level regeneration models: purpose, problems and limitations -- Notes -- References.

4 Site Quality and Productivity -- Introduction -- Measures of Site Quality and Productivity -- The National Cooperative Soil Survey and Site Productivity -- Relation of Site Productivity to Ecological Classification -- Productivity and Related Self-sustaining Properties of Oak Forests -- Effects of harvesting on site productivity -- Modifying site productivity through fertilization -- Methods of Evaluating Site Quality -- Site index -- Site evaluation alternatives to site index -- Notes -- References -- 5 Development of Natural Stands -- Introduction -- Forest Canopy Layers -- Disturbance -- Disturbance type -- Disturbance size and frequency of occurrence -- Response to disturbance -- Development of Even-aged Stands -- The stand initiation stage -- The stem exclusion stage -- The understorey reinitiation stage -- The complex stage -- Development of Uneven-aged Stands -- Disturbance-Recovery Cycles -- References -- 6 Self-thinning and Stand Density -- Introduction -- Self-thinning -- Reineke's model -- The −3/2 rule -- Stand Density and Stocking -- Terminology -- Maximum and minimum growing space -- Stand density diagrams -- Note -- References -- 7 Fire and Oak Forests -- Introduction -- Attributes of Oak Fire Regimes -- Fire intensity -- Fire frequency -- Fire season -- Fire extent -- Fire type -- Fire severity -- The History of Fire and Oaks -- Paleo-history -- Historical to modern era -- Changes over time in fire attributes -- Fire and the Oak Regeneration Problem -- Fire in the Life Cycle of Oaks -- Period of flowering, pollination and acorn production -- Period of acorn germination and seedling establishment -- Period of seedling development -- Period of recruitment into the overstorey -- Fire Effects on Ground Flora -- Native ground flora -- Invasive species -- Fire Effects on Tree Quality, Volume and Value -- Overstorey mortality.

Timber quality and value -- Notes -- References -- 8 Even-aged Silvicultural Methods -- Introduction -- Natural Regeneration Methods -- The clearcutting method -- The shelterwood method -- The seed tree method -- Artificial Regeneration Methods -- Intermediate Cuttings -- Definitions and theory -- Application -- Economic, Environmental and Social Considerations -- The clearcutting method -- The shelterwood and seed tree methods -- References -- 9 Uneven-aged Silvicultural Methods -- Introduction -- The Single-tree Selection Method -- Principles of application -- Applicability to oak forests -- The Group Selection Method -- Economic, Environmental and Social Considerations -- Notes -- References -- 10 Artificial Regeneration -- Introduction -- Site Evaluation and Species Selection -- Uplands -- Bottomlands -- Artificial Regeneration Methods -- Direct seeding -- Planting seedlings -- Note -- References -- 11 Managing Forest Health -- Introduction -- Gypsy Moth -- Oak Decline -- Symptoms -- Treatment -- Oak Wilt -- Symptoms and spread -- Treatment and prevention -- Rapid White Oak Mortality -- Symptoms -- Spread -- Treatment and prevention -- Sudden Oak Death -- Symptoms -- Spread -- Treatment and prevention -- Deer -- Note -- References -- 12 Silvicultural Methods for Oak Savannahs and Woodlands -- Introduction -- Characteristics and Extent -- Disturbance Processes -- Silvicultural Concepts and Methods -- Estimating light intensity -- Restoration and Maintenance -- Restoration -- Maintenance -- Note -- References -- 13 Silvicultural Methods for Selected Ecosystem Services -- Introduction -- Managing Stands for Acorn Production -- Assessing and predicting acorn crops -- Guidelines for sustaining acorn production -- Managing Oak Forests for Wildlife -- Managing stand structure for wildlife -- Oaks as wildlife food.

Managing snags and coarse woody debris -- Managing tree cavities -- Managing Stands for Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration -- Sequestering carbon in trees -- Estimating biomass and carbon -- Managing for biomass production -- Managing for carbon sequestration -- Old-growth Oak Forests -- Extent and characteristics -- Silvicultural options -- Old-growth oak forests at the landscape scale -- Aesthetics -- Stand-level aesthetics -- Landscape-level aesthetics -- Notes -- References -- 14 Managing Oak Forests in a Changing Climate -- Introduction -- Climate Change: When, Where and How Much -- Climate Change and the Distribution of Oaks -- Managing Oak Forests in a Changing Climate -- Mitigation strategies -- Adaptation strategies -- Metrics for Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability -- Metrics for national climate change vulnerability assessments -- Metrics for regional- and stand-scale vulnerability assessments -- Practical Management Considerations -- Perspective on Managing Oaks in a Changing Climate -- References -- 15 Growth and Yield -- Introduction -- Growth of an Oak -- Annual phenology -- Diameter growth -- Height growth -- Survival rates -- Stand Growth -- Growth and yield in even-aged stands -- Growth and yield in uneven-aged stands -- Growth and Yield Models -- Modelling methods -- Stand-level models for oaks -- Stand table projection models -- Individual-tree-level models for oaks -- Forest landscape models -- Estimating ingrowth -- Model evaluation -- Volume Equations -- Regional Patterns in Yield and Productivity -- Note -- References -- Appendix 1  Common and Scientific Names of Species Mentioned -- Appendix 2  Forest Cover Types of Eastern USA Dominated by Oaks or Oaks Mixed with Other Species -- Appendix 3  Forest Cover Types of Western USA Dominated by Oaks or Oaks Mixed with Other Species.

Appendix 4  Formulae for Converting Site Index of One Species to Another in Unglaciated Regions of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia -- Appendix 5  Formulae for Converting Site Indexes for Oaks and Associated Species from One Species to Another in Three Regions -- Appendix 6  Formulae for Converting Yellow-poplar Site Index to Oak Site Indexes in the Virginia-Carolina Piedmont -- Appendix 7  Parameter Estimates for Site Index Asymptotes (S) and Species Coefficients (b) for Deriving Height/dbh Site Index Curves from Equation 4.1 -- Appendix 8  Common Conversions -- Index -- Back Cover.

This fully updated third edition of The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks is a source of information and ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems This book is intended for forest and wildlife managers, ecologists, silviculturists, environmentalists, and students of those fields.

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