A short, plain-talking guide to sustainable, selective logging as practiced on Wilkinson's 138 acre tree farm in B.C., logged nine times since 1938. A book of alternative forestry practices. A wealth of data and information on all phases of forestry and allied fields. Covers methods of measurement, inventory, protection, manipulation, harvesting, U.S. forestry law, U.S. policy and taxation, public involvement, and more. Acquisition, Allocation and Utilization William K. Smith and Thomas M. Hinckley.
Coniferous forests have influence on the financial and biological health of the earth.
This book focuses on how these trees acquire, allocate and utilize the resources that sustain this crucial productivity. Describes how resources are acquired by photosynthesis and through root systems, as well as how resources are stored and used. Conifers, pines, fir and spruce trees are dominant species in forests around the world. This book focuses on the physiology of conifers and how physiological systems operate. Attention is devoted to the means by which ecophysiological processes influence organism function and distribution.