Silviculture in the Tropics

✍ Scribed by Sven Günter (auth.), Sven Günter, Michael Weber, Bernd Stimm, Reinhard Mosandl (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 576
• Series: Tropical Forestry 8
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests. The influence of social dimensions on the development of silvicultural concepts is another spotlight. Ecology and silvicultural options form all tropical continents, and forest formations from dry to moist forests and from lowland to mountain forests are covered. Review chapters which guide readers through this complex subject integrate numerous illustrative and quantitative case studies by experts from all over the world. On the basis of a cross-sectional evaluation of the case studies presented, the authors put forward possible silvicultural contributions towards sustainability in a changing world. The book is addressed to a broad readership from forestry and environmental disciplines.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Silviculture in the Tropics....Pages 3-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Review Forest Users: Past, Present, Future....Pages 13-33
Participatory Forest Management and Sustainable Development Outcomes in the Subtropical Himalayas: A Sequel of Environment, Economy and Equity through Social Empowerment....Pages 35-42
Operationalizing High-Conservation Values in Tropical Silviculture Through Access and Benefit Sharing....Pages 43-51
Forest Concessions in Peru....Pages 53-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Review New Aspects in Tropical Silviculture....Pages 63-89
Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests Managed for Timber....Pages 91-101
Management of Forest Genetic Resources....Pages 103-107
Managing Short Rotation Tropical Plantations as Sustainable Source of Bioenergy....Pages 109-117
The Silviculture of Tropical Nonwood Forest Products, Between Farming and Forestry....Pages 119-127
Modelling Forest Growth and Finance: Often Disregarded Tools in Tropical Land Management....Pages 129-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Review The Ecology, Silviculture, and Use of Tropical Wet Forests with Special Emphasis on Timber Rich Types....Pages 145-192
Sustainable Forest Management for Mixed-Dipterocarp Forests: A Case Study in Southwest Sri Lanka....Pages 193-213
Natural Forest Silviculture for Central African Meliaceae....Pages 215-225
Managing Natural Populations of Big-Leaf Mahogany....Pages 227-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Review Silviculture in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests....Pages 239-260
Dry Forests of Ethiopia and Their Silviculture....Pages 261-272
Silviculture of Dry Deciduous Forests, India....Pages 273-283
Silviculture of Tropical Dry Forests: Bolivian Case Study....Pages 285-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Review Mangroves and Mountains: Silviculture at Ecological Margins....Pages 299-323
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Natural Regeneration and Management of Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) Mirb. in the Afromontane Forests of Ethiopia....Pages 325-337
Mangroves: Sustainable Management in Bangladesh....Pages 339-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Review Silviculture in Secondary Forests....Pages 351-367
Secondary Forests and Fuel Wood Utilization in Africa....Pages 369-376
Rehabilitation of Degraded Natural Forests by Enrichment Planting of Four Native Species in Ethiopian Highlands....Pages 377-385
Sustainable Timber Harvesting in Fragmented Secondary Forests in Paraguay? An Inquiry Through Modelling....Pages 387-396
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Review Plantation Forestry....Pages 399-454
Sustainability of Site Productivity in Tropical Forest Plantations: Case Study of Gmelina arborea Plantations in Tropical Rainforest, Nigeria....Pages 455-462
Eucalyptus grandis and Other Important Eucalyptus Species: A Case Study from Sri Lanka....Pages 463-472
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Review Plantations for Protective Purposes and Rehabilitation....Pages 475-490
Case Study Desertification: Central-Northern Namibia....Pages 491-499
Mixed Plantations of Native Trees on Abandoned Pastures: Restoring Productivity, Ecosystem Properties, and Services on a Humid Tropical Site....Pages 501-511
Reforestation and Natural Succession as Tools for Restoration on Abandoned Pastures in the Andes of South Ecuador....Pages 513-524
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Five Recommendations to Improve Tropical Silviculture....Pages 527-546
Back Matter....Pages 547-559

✦ Subjects

Forestry Management; Landscape Ecology; Tree Biology; Agriculture