Northern Research Station

Title: Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised)

Author: Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L.

Date: 1992

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station. 101 p.

Station ID: GTR-NE-96

Description: This publication brings together the results of 20 years of research and experience in the silviculture of hardwood forests in the Allegheny region. It provides a summary of silvicultural knowledge, and guidelines, decision tables, and step-by-step instructions for determining silviculutural prescriptions in individual stands.

Keywords: silvicultural prescriptions, management guides, regeneration, stand culture, Allegheny hardwoods, northern hardwoods, oak-hickory, decision support system

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Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L.  1992.  Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised) .   Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station. 101 p..