FOR 350 - Silviculture Course Resources

Definitions and Terminology

  • Silviculture terminology with appendix of draft ecosystem management terms
  • Stand description – concepts and definitions

Supplemental Readings

  • Book Chapters
  • The Practice of Silviculture, Smith 1986
  • The Response of Individual Trees to Thinning and Pruning (ch.2)
  • Ecology of Regeneration (ch.7)
  • Oak Forest Ecosystems, McShea 2003
  • The Ecological Basis for Oak Silviculture in Eastern North America(ch.5)
  • Timber Management: A Quantitative Approach, Clutter et al.1983
  • Growing Stock and Stand Density(ch.3)
  • Yield, Stand, and Volume Tables for Even-aged Upland Oak Forests, Schnur 1937
  • Table 2 – Excel file
  • Silviculture in the Central Hardwood Region
  • Even-aged Silviculture for Upland Central Hardwoods (Roach and Gingrich)
  • Manager’s Handbook for Oaks in the North Central States (Sander)
  • Technical Guide to Crop Tree Release in Hardwood Forests (Miller et al.)
  • Upland Oak Regeneration and Management (Loftis)
  • Professional Hardwood Notes
  • Managing Oak Decline (Clatterbuck & Kaufmann)
  • Oak Shelterwood: A Technique to Improve Oak Regeneration (Stringer)
  • Hardwood Plantations as an Investment (Tankersley)
  • Forest Management Strategy to Minimize the Impact of the Gypsy Moth (Clatterbuck & Kaufmann)
  • Two-aged System and Deferment Harvest (Stringer)
  • Treatments for Improving Degraded Harwood Stands (Clatterbuck)
  • Technical Guide to Crop Tree Release in Hardwood Forests (Stringer et al.)
  • Central Hardwood Notes, USDA Forest Service (website)

Links to Figures from Silviculture Texts(link)

Bibliography for selected figures

  • Clutter, J.L., J.C. Fortson, L.V. Pienaar, G.H. Brister, and R.L. Bailey. 1983. Timber management: A quantitative approach. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 333 p.
  • Davis, L.S., K.N. Johnson, P. Bettinger, and T.E. Howard. 2001.Forest Management. Waveland Press, Long Grove, IL. 804 p.
  • Hicks, R.R., Jr. 1998. Ecology and management of Central Hardwood forests. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY. 412 p.
  • Johnson, P.S., S.R. Shifley, and R. Rogers. 2002. The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks.
  • McShea, W.J., and W.M. Healy (eds.). 2003. Oak Forest Ecosystems: Ecology and Management for Wildlife. JohnsHopkinsUniversity Press, Baltimore, Maryland. 456 p.
  • Nyland, R.D. 2002. Silviculture: Concepts and applications. McGraw Hill, Boston, MA. 682 p.
  • Schnur, G.L. 1937. Yield, stand, and volume tables for even-aged upland oak forests. US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 560. 87 p.
  • Smith, D.M. 1986. The Practice of Silviculture. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY. 527 p.
  • Smith, D.M., B.C. Larson, M.J. Kelty, and M.S. Ashton. 1997. The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY. 537 p.
  • Tappeiner, J.C., D.A. Maguire, and T.B. Harrington. 2007. Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests. OregonStateUniversity Press, Corvallis, OR. 440 p.

ForestMeasurements

  • Common Basal Area Factor Values (Larsen)
  • Gingrich Stocking Chart
  • Reineke Stocking Diagram
  • Site Index Curves
  • Stand Density Index
  • Gingrich Stocking Charts for Upland Hardwood Forests
  • Variable Point Sampling Technique