Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised)

David A. Marquis; Richard L. Ernst; Susan L. Stout

doi:10.2737/NE-GTR-96

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Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised)

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Authors:

David A. Marquis, Richard L. Ernst, Susan L. Stout

Year:

1992

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-GTR-96

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station. 101 p.

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Abstract

This publication brings together the results of 20 years of research and experience in the silviculture of hardwood forests in the Allegheny region. It provides a summary of silvicultural knowledge, and guidelines, decision tables, and step-by-step instructions for determining silviculutural prescriptions in individual stands.

Keywords

silvicultural prescriptions, management guides, regeneration, stand culture, Allegheny hardwoods, northern hardwoods, oak-hickory, decision support system

Citation

Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L. 1992. Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised). Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station. 101 p.