Forest economics -Generally, that branch of forestry concerned with the forest as a productive asset subject to economic principles. Forest industry -See ownership classes . Forest Interior Dependent Species - Animal Species that depend upon extensive areas of continuous, unbroken forest habitat to live and reproduce, and are susceptible to higher rates of predation and population decline when interior forest habitat is fragmented or disturbed. Forest management -Generally, the practical application of scientific, economic, and social principles to the administration and working of a specific forest area for specified objectives. Forest Recovery - The complex natural process by which floral, faunal, and microbial communities respond to disturbance in the forest ecosystem.
Type is determined on the basis of species plurality of all live trees that contribute to stocking.
Forwarder -See harvesting machine classifications, single function machines . Fragmentation - The segmentation of a large tract or continuous tracts of forest to smaller patches often isolated from each other by nonforest habitat. Results from the collective impact of residential and commercial development, highway, and utility construction, and other piecemeal land use changes. Front end loader -Wheeled or tractor loader, with a bucket or fork hinged to lifting arms, that loads or digs entirely at the front end. Frost crack -Radial, longitudinal split in the wood of a tree, generally near the base of the bole, caused by internal stresses due to extremely cold weather.