Applied forest management for tropical and subtropical plantations

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Applied forest management for tropical and subtropical plantations
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    • William Ladrach (Autor)
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The book provides essential guidance for maximizing forest production in equatorial regions. With a focus on applied forestry, it covers biological, ecological, economic, and industrial aspects. This valuable resource is beneficial for foresters, students, managers, researchers, and others involved in equatorial countries, offering strategies to meet the increasing global demand for wood products.

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Content

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Presentation

Preface

History of forest plantations

Plantations to supply wood

Plant production and forest nurseries

Plantation establishment

Silviculture

Mensuration

Diseases and insects

Wildfires

Wood harvest and transport

Forest certification

Forest research

Wood physiology and pulping

Environmental influences

Administrative organization

Forest finance

References

Anexes

About the author

Global demand for forest products is increasing daily. This implies an incremental pressure on tropical and subtropical forests to supply wood products. Natural forests continue to supply wood, although their capacity is decreasing steadily. We are depending more and more on forest plantations to satisfy industrial needs for solid wood as well as pulpwood. 

Fortunately, the warm climates have an enormous potential to produce wood fiber when the production is based on applied science. By selecting the appropriate species for given sites and the use of the principles of silviculture and genetic improvement, tree plantations can often produce more than 50 m3/ha/year. Because of their capacity for rapid growth, the tropical and subtropical regions have a great advantage over the temperate regions.

William Ladrach has dedicated more than 40 years to the research and management of forest plantations in various parts of the world, principally in Central and South America. This book, “Applied Forest Management for Tropical and Subtropical Plantations, provides a guide to future forest production. It is a guide to applied forestry and covers subjects from viewpoints of the biological, ecological, economic and industrial sciences.

This work is of great value to foresters, students, industrial managers, researchers and others who work in equatorial countries. It will have a strong and positive impact on the establishment of tree plantations during the coming decades. 


  • NAT010000 NATURALEZA > Ecología (Principal)
  • 580 Ciencias naturales y matemáticas > Ciencias botánicas > Ciencias botánicas (Principal)
Estado: Activo
ISBN-13: 9789977662961
Idioma del texto: Inglés
Número de páginas de la versión impresa: 660 Páginas
Sello editorial: Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica
Tipo de edición: Nueva edición
Número de edición: 1
Ciudad de publicación: Cartago
País de publicación: Costa Rica
Fecha de publicación: 2013
Tipo de restricción de venta: Exclusivo para un punto o canal de venta
Distribuidor de la editorial: Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica
Disponibilidad del producto: Disponible. Sin detalles.


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