Introduction to forestry science
By: L. DeVere Burton.
Publisher: Delmar Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- North America -- Juvenile literature.; Forest management -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Forests and forestry -- Juvenile literature.; Forest management -- Juvenile literature.; Forests and forestry.; Forest management.
Description: A senior high textbook focusing on the North American forest regions; classification, anatomy, and diseases of trees; forest management and products; and urban forestry.
Notes: Includes index.
"An International Thomson Publishing company".
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: Section 1 : Introduction : Getting acquainted with the forest.; title: Introduction to forestry; title: North American forest regions; title: Section 2 : Dendrology : the scientific study of trees.; title: Classification and anatomy of trees; title: Physiology of trees; title: Forest ecology; title: Diseases and pests of trees; title: Section 3 : Forest management.; title: The role of government in forestry; title: Silviculture; title: Measurement of forest resources; title: Harvest and reforestation practices; title: Fire and the forest; title: Section 4 : Forest technologies.; title: Safety in the forest; title: Section 5 : Forest products.; title: Wood construction materials; title: Specialty forest products; title: Plantation products and practices; title: Section 6 : New directions and technologies in forestry.; title: Urban forestry; title: Computers and space-age forest technologies; title: Appendixes.; title: North American trees and bushes; title: Insects of forests and ornamental trees; title: Schools offering forestry/natural resource progams; title: Timberland ownership by state, 1992; title: United States land areas; title: The tree farm community, 1994; title: Harvested volume in the United States by ownership and region, 1991; title: Glossary