Forest health from different perspectives

T. E. Kolb; M. R. Wagner; W. W. Covington

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Forest health from different perspectives

Informally Refereed

Authors:

T. E. Kolb, M. R. Wagner, W. W. Covington

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: L. G. Eskew, comp. Forest health through silviculture: proceedings of the 1995 National Silviculture Workshop, Mescalero, New Mexico, May 8-11, 1995. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-267. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 5-13

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Abstract

Forest health is an increasingly important concept in natural resource management. However, definition of forest health is difficult and dependent on human perspective. From a utilitarian perspective, forest health has been defined by the production of forest conditions which directly satisfy human needs. From an ecosystem-centered perspective, forest health has been defined by resilience, recurrence, persistence and biophysical processes which lead to sustainable ecological conditions. Definitions and understanding of forest health are also dependent on spatial scale, with increasing ambiguity associated with increasing land area and numbers of trees.

Parent Publication

Forest health through silviculture: Proceedings of the 1995 National Silviculture Workshop

Keywords

forest health, forest management, utilitarian, ecosystems

Citation

Kolb, T. E.; Wagner, M. R.; Covington, W. W. 1995. Forest health from different perspectives. In: L. G. Eskew, comp. Forest health through silviculture: proceedings of the 1995 National Silviculture Workshop, Mescalero, New Mexico, May 8-11, 1995. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-267. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 5-13