Enhancing the Productivity and Sustainability of Pine
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2021) | Viewed by 3681
Special Issue Editors
Interests: intensive pine plantation management; silviculture; forest nutrition; forest soils
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Issue focuses on the productivity of pine in relation to both the traditional definition of volume for industrial products and the greater issue of the sustainability of that production and other ecosystem services. Silvicultural management activities that influence forest productivity within or across rotations at small, plot-level or landscape scale will be considered. Productivity and sustainability are always in the context of other social and economic drivers that may influence management considerations. The factors that play a role in forest productivity and sustainability should be evaluated considering the potential positive and negative outcomes/impacts.
In this Special Issue, we hope to focus on how management regimes in either naturally regenerated or planted pine systems and silvicultural practices such as site preparation, vegetation control, fertilization, thinning or density management, species selection or genetics, or harvest management affect pine productivity and sustainability. New research and reviews that evaluate and/or summarize these topic areas will be included in this Special Issue. In addition, manuscripts that summarize the broader role that forest management plays in maintaining the productivity and sustainability of pine are welcome.
Dr. Rachel Cook
Dr. Zakiya Leggett
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest sustainability
- fertilization
- production forestry
- site productivity
- thinning
- site preparation
- carbon sequestration
- forest management
- plantation
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