Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types

James B. Baker; Michael D. Cain; Jim M. Guldin; Paul A. Murphy; Michael G. Shelton

doi:10.2737/SO-GTR-118

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Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types

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Authors:

James B. Baker, Michael D. Cain, Jim M. Guldin, Paul A. Murphy, Michael G. Shelton

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-118

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-118. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.

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Abstract

The results of a half-century of experience and research with uneven-aged silviculture within the loblolly-shortleaf pine type of the Southern United States are summarized, and silvicultural guidelines for developing and managing uneven-aged stands are provided in this publication.

Keywords

Basal-area-maximum diameter--q (BDq)regulation, group selection, growth and yield, natural stand management, Pinus echinatu Mill, Pinustueda L, single-tree selection, volume/guiding-diameter-limit regulation

Citation

Baker, James B.; Cain, Michael D.; Guldin, James M.; Murphy, Paul A.; Shelton, Michael G. 1996. Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-118. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.