The Management of Forests

Originally published in 1968, this book discusses the principles and methods on which forest management has been founded in the past and how these principles and methods still apply or are affected by modern management skills, changing demands, social habits and resources.

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1.The Scope of Forest Management 2. Objects of Management 3. Sustained Yields 4. The Production Period or Rotation 5. The Normal Forest 6. The Organization of Forests 7. The Actual Growing Stock and Its Increment 8. The Yield and Its Regulation 9. The Preparation of Working Plans 10. The Historical Development of Forest Management. Appendices: I: Some Working Plan Forms Used by the British Forestry Commission II: Extracts from British Forest Management Tables III: Calculation of Profit (extracted from the British Forestry Commission Working Plans Code).