Intensive, site-specific silviculture: Manipulating resource availability at establishment for improved stand productivity. A review of South African research

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1836-1845

  du Toit, Ben ^a   Smith, Colin W ^b   Little, Keith M ^b   Boreham, Grant ^c   Pallett, Robert N ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^c Sappi Forests Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Harvesting impacts; Site preparation; Slash management; Stand nutrition; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA GROWTH; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CANOPY CLOSURES; CANOPY DEVELOPMENT; CARBON ALLOCATION; CONTROL OPERATIONS; DIVERSE SITES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARDWOOD STANDS; HARVESTING IMPACTS; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LIGHT CAPTURE; LOAMY SOILS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; PLANTATION PRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY FACTORS; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESPONSE MECHANISMS; SANDY SOILS; SHORT ROTATION; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SITE PREPARATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SLASH BURNING; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL TYPES; STAND DENSITIES; STAND GROWTH; TREE GROWTH; TREE IMPROVEMENT; VALUE CHAINS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; VOLUME GROWTH; WOOD DENSITY;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; COMPACTION; COMPETITION; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REDUCTION; REFORESTATION; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

AFFORESTATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLOWING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL TYPE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

COMPACTION; COMPETITION; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACACIA;

EID: 77949489126     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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