1.00.00 – Silviculture
Unit 1.00.00
Coordinator:
Björn Hånell, Sweden
Björn Hånell, Sweden
About Unit
Division 1 includes the study of forest and ecosystem management; stand establishment and treatment (including fertilization); agroforestry; biomass for energy; restoration of degraded sites; mountain zone and arid zone silviculture; tropical, boreal and temperate zone silviculture; and natural (extensive) and artifical (intensive) silvicultural systems.
State of Knowledge
Silvicultural Research in Changing World. Special issue of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 209 (1-2), pp. 1-166 (2005).
Silviculture and Forest Management. IUFRO’ 2005 Special Issue of Bois forêts des tropiques, N° 285, pp. 1-76.
Meeting the challenge: Silvicultural research in a changing world. Extended abstracts from a conference in Montpellier, France, June 14-18, 2004. Parrotta, J.A., Maître, H.-F., Auclair, D. and Lafond, M-H. (Eds.) IUFRO World Series Volume 15. Vienna, Austria, 2005. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 185 pp.
Carnus, J-M, Parrotta, J., Brockerhoff, EG, Arbez, M, Jactel, H, Kremer, A, Lamb, D, O’Hara, K, & Walters, B. 2006. Planted forests and biodiversity. Journal of Forestry 104(2): 65-77.
In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences (published 2004) officeholders of IUFRO Division 1 contributed as authors to the following topics:
- Skovsgaard J. P. 2004. Mensuration / Forest measurements. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Yongquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 550-566.
- Shönenberger W. and Brang P. 2004. Site specific silviculture / Silviculture in Mountain Forests. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Youngquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 1085-1094.
- Hawkins C. D. B. 2004. Temperate and Mediterranian Forests / Northern Coniferous Forests. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Youngquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 1377-1383.
- Balliet N. A. and Hawkins C. D. B. 2004. Temperate and Mediterranian Forests /Subalpine and Boreal Forests. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Yongquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 1391-1397.
- Wolf H. 2004. Temperate Ecosystems / Spruces, Firs, and Larches. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Youngquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 1449-1458.
- Nair K. K. N. 2004. Tropical Forests / Monsoon Forests (Southern and Southeast Asia). In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. Burley, J. Evans, and J. Youngquist, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 1752-1762.
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