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APPLIED SILVICULTURE

Summary – Silvicultural Systems

Define:

Regeneration (reproduction) Method:

Silvicultural system:

Coppice forest:

Coppice with standards:

 

What are the commonly used methods of forest regeneration?

 

What are the Objectives to consider when Selecting a Silvicultural System?

How do land ownership objectives help formulate silviculture?

 

Which methods of forest regeneration create an "even-aged" forest?

 

Which methods of forest regeneration create an "uneven-aged" forest?

 

What is Clearcutting?

 

What are the ADVANTAGES of clearcutting? What are the DISADVANTAGES of clearcutting?

 

 

Under what conditions should clearcutting be applied? When should clearcutting NOT be used?

 

 

What are the guidelines for improving natural hardwood regeneration that results from clearcutting?

 

 

What is the Seed tree method of forest regeneration?

 

 

What are the ADVANTAGES of the seed tree method? What are the DISADVANTAGES?

 

 

What is the Shelterwood method of forest regeneration? How is it applied?

 

 

What are the ADVANTAGES of the shelterwood method? What are the DISADVANTAGES?

 

 

What is the Selection method of forest regeneration?

 

 

What are the ADVANTAGES of selection? What are the DISADVANTAGES?