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FS INFO In depth catalog of natural resources publications, including index to Forest Service literature, late 1800's to date. |
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Publication InformationTitle: Forest structure and development: implications for forest management Author: O'Hara, Kevin L. Date: 2004 Source: In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 115-118 Note: This article is part of a larger document. View the larger document Station ID: GTR-PSW-193 Description: A general premise of forest managers is that modern silviculture should be based, in large part, on natural disturbance patterns and species' adaptations to these disturbances. An understanding of forest stand dynamics is therefore a prerequisite to sound forest management. This paper provides a brief overview of forest stand development, stand structures, and disturbance regimes and discusses the implications of applying this information to forest management in the Sierra Nevada. It focuses on three forest types that comprise the bulk of the managed land base: mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, and red fir forests. View and Print this Publication (160 KB) Publication Notes: Citation O'Hara, Kevin L. 2004. Forest structure and development: implications for forest management In: Murphy, Dennis D. and Stine, Peter A., editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-193. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 115-118. |
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May 13, 2008