The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests. A Festschrift for David M. Smith. 1992. (Forestry Sciences,40). 302 p.gr8vo.Hardcover.

Much of the world's forested land is dominated by mixed-speciesstands. Understanding the complex structure and dynamics of thesemixtures is a necessary step in the process of formulating appropriatesilvicultural systems for their management. This book contains bothreviews of past work and results of current studies of mixed stands.Topics range from analyses of forest dynamics in unmanaged stands tostudies of silvicultural systems applied to mixtures, with examplesdrawn from boreal, temperate, and tropical regions. Much of the workstresses the importance of understanding the characteristic growthpatterns of individual species within mixed stands, and how speciesinteractions shape developmental patterns.