Plantation forestry in the tropics : the role, silviculture, and use of planted forests for industrial, social, environmental, and agroforestry purposes (Record no. 39961)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 0198529945 (hbk.) |
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ISBN | 9780198529941 |
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ISBN | 0198509472 (pbk.) |
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ISBN | 9780198509479 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 634.9 |
Item number | EVA |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Evans, Julian, |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Plantation forestry in the tropics : the role, silviculture, and use of planted forests for industrial, social, environmental, and agroforestry purposes |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | 3rd Edition. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | Oxford ; |
-- | New York : |
Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
Year of publication | 2004. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | xiii, 467 p. : |
Other physical details | illustrations ; |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | The tropics --<br/>Defining a plantation --<br/>Tropical plantation species --<br/>Why plantations? --<br/>Factors favouring plantation development --<br/>Planted forest in tropical countries --<br/>Development of plantation forestry --<br/>Present status of plantations in the tropics --<br/>Plantation organization and structure --<br/>Plantation organization --<br/>Plantation characteristics --<br/>Plantation design --<br/>Plantation life-history --<br/>Plantation monitoring --<br/>Land, social and economic factors, and planning in plantation development --<br/>Land and plantation development --<br/>Resource management domains --<br/>Land capability --<br/>Land-use --<br/>Obtaining land for plantation development, encouraging tree-planting and extension --<br/>Social and economic factors in tree-planting and plantation development --<br/>Factors affecting the scale and rate of planting and plantation development --<br/>Social and cultural effects of plantation development --<br/>The contribution of planted forests to the economies and rural development in the tropics --<br/>Planning the plantation enterprise --<br/>Policy planning at international and national levels --<br/>Planning in large projects --<br/>Planning for small-scale tree-planting --<br/>Plantation silviculture --<br/>What to plant? --<br/>Purpose of the plantation --<br/>Species potentially available --<br/>Matching species with site --<br/>Making the choice --<br/>Seed collection, supply, and storage --<br/>Seed quality --<br/>Quantity of seed needed --<br/>Seed certification, records, and dispatch procedures --<br/>Seed procurement --<br/>Seed storage --<br/>Packaging and transport of seed. Seed supply and trade problems --<br/>Forst nurseries --<br/>Planning forest nurseries --<br/>Nursery location and design --<br/>Preparation of seed --<br/>Time of sowing --<br/>The container system --<br/>Raising bare-rooted seedlings --<br/>Care, protection, and conditioning of seedlings --<br/>Quality control, dispatch, and transport of plants --<br/>Clonal plantations --<br/>Development of clonal plantations --<br/>Vegetative propagation methods --<br/>Clonal deployment --<br/>Small-scale clonal plantings --<br/>Role of molecular genetics in clonal forestry --<br/>Plantation establishment --<br/>Pre-establishment essentials --<br/>Ground preparation --<br/>Planting --<br/>Special forms of establishment --<br/>Plantation maintenance --<br/>Immediate post-planting problems --<br/>Weed control --<br/>Staking --<br/>Tree shelters --<br/>Singling --<br/>Respacing --<br/>Low pruning --<br/>Nutrition of tree crops --<br/>Nutrient deficiencies --<br/>Use of fertilizers --<br/>Maintaining soil fertility without using mineral fertilizer --<br/>Nutrient toxicity --<br/>Dynamics of stand growth --<br/>Periodicity and pattern in growth of individual trees --<br/>Stand growth is dynamic --<br/>Physiological basis of stand development --<br/>Silvicultural implications --<br/>Selective pruning --<br/>Thinning --<br/>Definition and objectives --<br/>Experience with thinning in the tropics --<br/>Effects of thinning --<br/>Methods of thinning --<br/>Thinning and wood quality --<br/>Thinning decisions --<br/>Thinning practice and control --<br/>High prunning --<br/>Need to prune --<br/>Production of knot-free timber --<br/>Timing and intensity of high pruning --<br/>Economics of pruning --<br/>Pruning practice. Rotations, regeneration, and coppice --<br/>Rotation length --<br/>First rotation harvesting and preparation for the next rotation: silvicultural considerations --<br/>Natural regeneration --<br/>Plantation species as invasives --<br/>Coppice --<br/>Protection-an introduction --<br/>Inorganic and man-made damage --<br/>Organic damage --<br/>Salvaging a damaged crop --<br/>Protection strategy --<br/>Tree-planting and plantation forestry: in rural development, soil conservation, rehabilitation, environmental considerations, and sustainability --<br/>Tree-planting in rural development and agroforestry --<br/>Woodlots --<br/>Trees with crops --<br/>Trees and livestock --<br/>Trees planted for other purposes --<br/>Protective afforestation --<br/>Urgency of protective afforestation in the tropics --<br/>Protective role of tree cover --<br/>Implementing programmes of protective afforestation --<br/>Management and silviculture in protection planting --<br/>Tree planting for ecosystem rehabilitation and restoration --<br/>Degradation and rehabilitation --<br/>Management strategies --<br/>Species selection --<br/>Site management practices --<br/>Afforestation of inhospitable sites --<br/>What makes sites inhospitable? --<br/>Silvicultural challeng of inhospitable sites --<br/>Ecological factors and sustainability of plantations --<br/>Biodiversity in plantation forestry --<br/>Eucalypt environmental controversy --<br/>Sustainability of plantations --<br/>Site change induced by plantation forestry --<br/>Risk exposed to plantations --<br/>Evidence of productivity change --<br/>Withinrotation yield class/site quality drift --<br/>Intervention to sustain yield. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | This new edition presents an up-to-date assessment of current developments in planting trees in tropical regions, whether the principal motivation is economic or social. Issues such as engaging with stakeholders & sustainable management are addressed, & a historical context is provided. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Tree farms |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Forests and forestry |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Turnbull, J. W. |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004049287-d.html |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004049287-t.html |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2004049287-b.html |
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Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Permanent Reference | 18/01/2009 | Purchased | 24500.00 | 634.9 EVA | 011421 | Permanent Reference |
Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 12/05/2010 | Purchased | 8925.00 | 634.9 EVA | 012032 | Reference Books |
Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 02/08/2019 | Purchased | 12750.00 | 634.9 EVA | 015889 | Reference Books |