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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"hardwood stand"”.
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Use of prior distributions from aerial photographs in forest inventory
… foot volume per acre were computed for four stand types (plantation pine, natural pine. hardwood. and mixed wood stands) using aerial photo volume tables as the prior information source. Aerial photographs provided a reliable source of information even though most photographs were nearly five …
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Using economic factors in managing Appalachian hardwoods for high quality
… the extremely wide range in product values from hardwood stands, harvest decisions must consider a multiplicity of factors, many of them economic. Among these are species, tree size, tree quality, logging costs, and market alternatives. This study demonstrates how to incorporate these, using a …
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Silvicultural Methods for Improving Hardwood Management on Non-Industrial Private Forest land in Virginia
Hardwood management has been discouraged because of long rotations, low stumpage values, expensive treatments, and an undependable market (Bechtold and Phillips 1983). Knowledge gaps on how various biological factors affect hardwood growth also exist. Stand improvement methods attempt to shift …
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Building a better burn: Fuel characterization and fire effects in silvicultural systems in the southern United States
… Fire regime alterations influence shifts in stand dynamics via multiple processes, including tree mortality and or regeneration. Over time, these alterations to stand composition and structure further modulate the characteristics of surface fuels. Therefore, understanding how the interactions …
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The relationships between the forest fuels and vegetation of Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
… The forest fuels and vegetation were sampled in stands of the following cover types: pine, oak-pine, mixed hardwood-pine, oak, mixed hardwood, and oak-mixed hardwood. The planar intersect method was utilized to quantify the woody fuels. and the forest floor was sampled in fixed area plots. The …
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Effects of Low-Input Vegetation Management on Pine-Hardwood Mixed Stands in the Northern Piedmont
… low-input alternatives for regenerating pine-hardwood mixtures, this study examined several mechanisms that influence the growth of pine-hardwood stands. The Regeneration Alternatives Study is an ongoing experiment that was designed to gain biological and economical information concerning the …