Home    
1 Definition of a Silvicultural System 4 The Decision Process Appendix 1 Answer Key
2 Major Types of Systems 5 There's More to Learn Appendix 2 Advantages and Disadvantages
3 Variations of Major Types 6 Implementation Appendix 3 References

Determining the Number of Leave-trees in Seed Tree and Shelterwood Systems

The number and distribution of leave-trees in seed tree and shelterwood systems depends upon:

  1. all resource objectives for the silvicultural system used
  2. stand constraints
  3. site constraints
  4. silvical characteristics of preferred leave-trees
  5. the number and timing of planned harvesting entries.

Can you provide two or three examples of each of the five criteria listed above?



Examples.

Back to text.

 spacer graphic

Activity