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The ecology and silviculture of oaks
"The current trend in managing forests and forested landscapes is away from a narrow focus on sustaining timber and other commodity outputs and toward a broader philosophy of sustaining desired ecosystems. This shift has been wrought by, and is consistent with, changing social values, scientific advances in ecology and society's increasing awareness of environmental problems.". "Consistent with the new paradigm, this book is designed and intended not so much as a how-to-do-it management manual as it is a source of ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems. Divided into three sections, the book focuses on oak ecosystems in the United States, as well as providing application to other regions, such as Europe and the Mediterranean. The first section includes chapters on the ecological characteristics and distribution of oak species and the various kinds of oak...
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