Plantation Silviculture in Temperate Regions: With Special Reference to the British Isles

by Julian Evans and Peter S. Savill

This up-to-date volume covers topics central to an understanding of plantation silviculture, distilling much of the scientific background accumulated since plantation forestry first became a significant form of land use in the 1920s. Focusing on the basic principles of silviculture, Savill and Evans discuss general aspects of the planting and maintenance of plantation forests, consider less well-known forms of silviculture, and outline methods to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198541384
• ISBN13: 9780198541387
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages