Growing Broadleaves for Timber

Download or read book Growing Broadleaves for Timber written by Gary Kerr and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1993 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality of British broadleaved stands is only moderate and at a time when there is an insufficient supply of quality timber to satisfy home demand it is imperative that silviculture practices are improved. The basic principle of growing quality timber sometimes needs stressing as growers are being encouraged to achieve a wide range of objectives such as landscape, wildlife conservation and recreation. The aim of this Handbook is to focus attention on a single objective: growing high quality hardwood. It expands one aspect of Bulletin 62, Silviculture of Broadleaved Woodland and underlines that quality timber practices do not need to be achieved at the expense of other objectives.