Continuous Cover Forestry 2nd Edition Jeanphilippe Schütz Timo Pukkala by Jean-philippe Schütz, Timo Pukkala, Pablo J. Donoso (auth.), Timo Pukkala, Klaus Von Gadow (eds.) 9789400722019, 940072201X instant download after payment.

Although the majority of the world’s forest ecosystems are dominated by uneven-sized multi-species stands, forest management practice and theory has focused on the development of plantation monocultures to maximize the supply of timber at low cost. Societal expectations are changing, however, and uneven-aged multi-species ecosystems, selectively managed as Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), are often believed to be superior to monocultures in addressing a wide range of expectations. This book presents methods which are relevant to CCF management and planning: analysing forest structures, silvicultural and planning, economic evaluation, based on examples in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America.