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Planted Forests: Contributions to the Quest for Sustainable Societies

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Editors:
  1. James Reid Boyle

    1. Forest Resources Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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  2. Jack K. Winjum

    1. Forest Resources Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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  3. Kathleen Kavanagh

    1. Forest Resources Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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  4. Edward C. Jensen

    1. Forest Resources Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences (FOSC, volume 56)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Introduction to Planted Forests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Planted forests: views and viewpoints

      • James R. Boyle
      Pages 5-9

    3. Sustainable management of planted forests: some comparisons between Central Europe and the United States

      • Niels Elers Koch, J. P. Skovsgaard
      Pages 11-22

  3. The Nature and Uses of Planted Forests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Planted forests of the wet and dry tropics: their variety, nature, and significance

      • Julian Evans
      Pages 25-36

    3. Eucalypt plantations

      • John W. Turnbull
      Pages 37-52

    4. Douglas-fir planted forests

      • Richard K. Hermann, Denis P. Lavender
      Pages 53-70

    5. Loblolly — the pine for the twenty-first century

      • Robert P. Schultz
      Pages 71-88

    6. Planted forests: poplars

      • Paul E. Heilman
      Pages 89-93

    7. The need for planted forests and the example of radiata pine

      • William R. J. Sutton
      Pages 95-109

    8. Four common myths about plantation forestry

      • Rex B. McCullough
      Pages 111-118

    9. Multiple purpose forests and the national forest system

      • Karen Barnette
      Pages 119-127

    10. Sustainable plantations of high-yield Eucalyptus trees for production of fiber: the Aracruz case

      • Edgard Campinhos Jr.
      Pages 129-143

    11. Trees outside forests: agro-, community, and urban forestry

      • Alan J. Long, P. K. Ramachandran Nair
      Pages 145-174

    12. Forests planted for ecosystem restoration or conservation

      • Constance A. Harrington
      Pages 175-190

  4. Technical and Social Considerations for Planted Forests

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. How can we feign sustainability with an increasing population?

      • David B. South
      Pages 193-212

    3. Applications of biotechnology for forest regeneration

      • Steven C. Grossnickle, Ben C. S. Sutton
      Pages 213-226

    4. Vulnerability of planted forests to biotic and abiotic disturbances

      • Peter D. Gadgil, John Bain
      Pages 227-238
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About this book

Planted forests, from irrigated eucalypts in Brazil to Douglas-fir seedlings in the mountains of Oregon, are described and discussed by international experts. The varieties, purposes, forms, and ecological, economic and social aspects of planted forests are considered in technical details and in case studies from temperate and tropical regions of the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Forest Resources Department, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    James Reid Boyle, Jack K. Winjum, Kathleen Kavanagh, Edward C. Jensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Planted Forests: Contributions to the Quest for Sustainable Societies

  • Editors: James Reid Boyle, Jack K. Winjum, Kathleen Kavanagh, Edward C. Jensen

  • Series Title: Forestry Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2689-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5468-0Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5135-6Published: 16 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2689-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5480

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1334

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 476

  • Topics: Forestry, Forestry Management, Tree Biology

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