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Silvicultural Guide to Managing Southern Ontario Forests
Print edition and Web edition
© 2000 Queens Printer for Ontario
The Silvicultural
Guide to Managing Southern Ontario Forests provides the latest scientific
information, guidance on tree species and southern Ontario forest ecosystems.
It will be of particular interest to forestry consultants providing private
landowners with woodlot management services, including Managed Forest
Tax Incentive Plan preparation, as well as landowners seeking information
on how to manage their woodlots.
The Guide
includes a great deal of information on forest ecology, incorporates the
need for a balanced approach to managing southern Ontario’s forests and
provides extensive information on weighing silvicultural decision with
respect to the surrounding nature of the forest landscape, wildlife habitat
needs, and protection of biodiversity.
The Guide
will be of interest to:
1. Conservation Authority resource managers
2. Municipal by-law enforcement officers
3. Environmental non-government organizations that own forested properties
4. Private woodlot owners
5. Students/teachers of environmental and outdoor education programs
Brief
description of contents
Section
1
The Introduction discusses the need for a southern Ontario silviculture
guide, the limitations and organization of the guide.
Section
2
Good Forestry Practices and the Role of Silviculture provides a brief
overview of good forestry practices and their relationship to silvicultural
activities discussed in this guide.
Section
3
Silvicultural Systems describes the silvicultural practices that are most
appropriate for use in the forests of southern Ontario as well as considerations
for choosing a silvicultural system.
Section
4
Silviculture and Forest Ecosystem Management discusses important information
that influences the selection of the most suitable and effective silvicultural
systems including: •the physical setting (e.g., climate, microclimate,
physiography, soils, site productivity) •forest ecology (e.g., succession,
disturbances, hydrological and nutrient cycling) •regional and historical
perspectives (e.g., human impacts on amount of forest cover, stand structure,
species composition) •autecology of principle forest tree and exotic invasive
species •conservation of wildlife habitat
Section
5
Assessing Stand and Site Conditions •defines forest inventory •explains
how ecosites are described by the OMNR Ecological Land Classification
(ELC) for southern Ontario •describes seven general forest cover types
and their equivalent ELC ecosites •describes how
to analyze stand stocking, structure, and quality in both even-aged
and uneven-aged stands •introduces simplified tree classification systems
Section
6
Silvicultural Guidelines describes silvicultural prescriptions applicable
to the 7 general forest types in southern Ontario:
Each
sub-section discusses a forest cover type and gives the equivalent ELC
ecosites. A table or key is presented to help to select the most applicable
silvicultural systems for the management of the cover type. Then each
applicable silvicultural system is detailed. Finally, silvicultural options
for unique conditions are discussed.
Section
7
Predicting Effects
of Silvicultural Treatments introduces growth and yield research and how
information about it can be used to develop silvicultural prescriptions,
and presents summary statistics from the first re-samplings of southern
Ontario growth and yield plots in 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Section
8
Implementing Silvicultural Prescriptions provides practical considerations
for: •vegetation management •tree marking •careful harvesting
Section
9
Literature Cited provides citations for all literature cited in the text.
Latin Name Index Lists common and Latin names used in text (not available
on the on-line version).
Appendixes
are generally not available on-line. Check the complete Table
of Contents for details.
Appendix
A
Site District Descriptions describes the 2 Site Districts (6E and 7E)
that make up southern Ontario.
Appendix
B
Autecology of Southern Ontario Tree Species provides summaries on habitat,
reproduction, growth, response to silvicultural treatment, and uses by
wildlife for most tree species that occur in the forests of southern Ontario.
Appendix
C
Performing a Forest Stand Inventory briefly outlines the steps involved
in collecting information about tree species composition, density, and
structure that are essential to developing a silvicultural prescription.
Appendix
D
Guide to Tree Species Suitability for Site Regions 6E and 7E provide an
indication of growth productivity for selected tree species growing over
a range of field recognizable soil properties.
Appendix
E
Stocking Guides for Some Southern Ontario Species presents guidelines
on how to use stocking guides and guides for 12 tree species.
Glossary
of Terms Defines technical terms that are used in this guide.
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