Sentence examples for silviculture branch from inspiring English sources
Some 28 years before Darwin unveiled On the Origin of Species (1859), Matthew published On Naval Timber and Arboriculture (1831), whose text was primarily concerned with the practices of silviculture (branch of forestry focused on the theory and practice of controlling forest establishment, composition, and growth) as they related to the construction of Royal Navy vessels.
Silviculture is the branch of forestry concerned with the theory and practice of controlling forest establishment, composition, and growth.
This study indicates the importance of considering initial stand density, post-thinning stand density and timing of thinning when designing a silviculture regime that aims to control branch diameter.
Management of Douglas-fir stands to achieve particular end product outcomes requires information on how wood density and branch characteristics are affected by site, silviculture and genetics.
In southern Australia, for example, declines in yield of 25 30 percent in second rotation radiata pine (Pinus radiata) plantations have been corrected by a number of means, including intensive silviculture (site preparation, weed control, fertilization) during the early stages, retention and management of forest debris (leaves, branches, etc).
Branch diameters were measured using a photogrammetric technique, TreeD, on pre-selected sample trees from unpruned treatments in two silviculture experiments, one in the North Island and one in the South Island of New Zealand.
The silviculture practised in Britain is essentially German.
His father was a professor emeritus in forestry and silviculture at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse.
The practice of silviculture is divided into three areas: methods of reproduction, intermediate cuttings, and protection.
Like forestry itself, silviculture is an applied science that rests ultimately upon the more fundamental natural and social sciences.
