Southern Research Station

Title: Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types

Author: Baker, James B.; Cain, Michael D.; Guldin, James M.; Murphy, Paul A.; Shelton, Michael G.

Date: 1996

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-118. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.

Station ID: GTR-SO-118

Description: The results of a half-century of experience and research with uneven-aged silviculture within the loblolly-shortleaf pine type of the Southern United States are summarized, and silvicultural guidelines for developing and managing uneven-aged stands are provided in this publication.

Keywords: Basal-area-maximum diameter--q (BDq)regulation, group selection, growth and yield, natural stand management, Pinus echinatu Mill., Pinustueda L., single-tree selection, volume/guiding-diameter-limit regulation.

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Baker, James B.; Cain, Michael D.; Guldin, James M.; Murphy, Paul A.; Shelton, Michael G.  1996.  Uneven-Aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types.   Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-118. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p..