Frontiers of Forest Biology: Proceedings of the 1998 Joint Meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and the Western

by A K Mitchell, Pasi Puttonen, M Stoehr, Barbara J Hawkins

Overview

Discover new approaches to promote a viable forest industry while protecting non-timber values!Frontiers of Forest Biology: Proceedings of the 1998 Joint Meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and the Western Forest Genetics Association gives you significant new insights on current initiatives in forest biology. Because the field is changing rapidly, you need to keep aware of current trends, as the emphasis in forest research shifts from productivity-based goals to sustainable development of forest resources. In this volume, you will find a comprehensive summary of the state of the art of forest science in North America. Whether your focus is on genetics or on the environmental aspects of forest science, plant physiology, or silviculture, you will find helpful chapters by practitioners as well as cutting-edge research by scientists. This integrated approach is unique in the field. Based on the 1998 Joint Meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and the Western Forest Genetics Association, Frontiers of Forest Biology addresses changing priorities in forest resource management. This important book contains fascinating research studies, complete with tables and diagrams, on topics such as biodiversity research, the productivity of commercial species, conserving adaptive variation in forest ecosystems, and the effect of harvesting trees on nutrient leaching.The book maps the frontiers of this fast-changing science with chapters on:

• the social, biological, and industrial context of forest biology
• new directions for research into genetics, physiology, plant silviculture, and conservation
• the impact of genetics on sustainable forestry
• the effects of cold and disease on plant physiology
• regeneration of various species after logging
• new species adapted for agroforestry
• the impact and management of exotic weeds

Frontiers of Forest Biology offers solid information on a broad spectrum of topics and suggests fresh avenues for your investigations in all aspects of forest biology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000447927
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	412
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

A K Mitchell (Author) , Pasi Puttonen (Author) , M Stoehr (Author) , Barbara J Hawkins (University Of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CAN) (Author)

Table of Contents

	Preface	xvii
	Acknowledgment	xxi
Part 1	Frontiers of Forest Genetics
	Plenary Address: Conserving Adaptive Variation in Forest Ecosystems	1
	Tree Spacing Affects Clonal Ranking in Eucalyptus grandis X E. urophylla Hybrids	13
	Seed Source Testing of Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) in the Interior of British Columbia	25
	Genetics of Elevational Adaptations of Lodgepole Pine in the Interior	35
	Growth and Biomass Allocation of Gliricidia sepium Seed Sources Under Drought Conditions	45
	Microsatellite Markers for Alpine Larch and Western Larch	51
	Range-Wide Genetic Variation in Port-Orford-Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana [A. Murr.] Parl.): I. Early Height Growth at Coastal and Inland Nurseries	57
	Genetic Linkage Mapping of Genomic Regions Conferring Tolerance to High Aluminum in Slash Pine	69
	Impact of Forest Genetics on Sustainable Forestry-Results from Two Cycles of Loblolly Pine Breeding in the U.S.	79
	Responsiveness of Diverse Provenances of Loblolly Pine to Fertilization-Age 4 Results	87
Part 2	Frontiers of Plant Physiology
	Influence of Procerum Root Disease on the Water Relations of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.)	95
	CO[subscript 2] Diffusion in Douglas Fir Bark: Implications for Measuring Woody-Tissue Respiration with Removable Cuvettes	107
	Respiratory Parameters Define Growth Rate, Species Distribution and Adaptation to Temperature	115
	Carbon Dioxide Efflux Rates from Stems of Mature Quercus prinus L. and Acer rubrum L. Trees Do Not Appear to Be Affected by Sapflow Rates	125
	Root Growth Plasticity of Hybrid Poplar in Response to Soil Nutrient Gradients	133
	Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Needle Anatomy and Morphology of Western Larch, Interior Spruce and Lodgepole Pine	141
	Wintertime Patterns of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Red Spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) Foliage	149
	Winter Season Tree Sap Flow and Stand Transpiration in an Intensively-Managed Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantation	155
	Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Winter Injury in Montane Red Spruce (Picea rubens) Foliage	165
	Cold Tolerance and Photosystem Function in a Montane Red Spruce Population: Physiological Relationships with Foliar Carbohydrates	173
	Effect of Two Years of Nitrogen Deposition on Shoot Growth and Phenology of Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmanni Parry ex Engelm.) Seedlings	181
	Paper Birch Genecology and Physiology: Spring Dormancy Release and Fall Cold Acclimation	191
Part 3	Frontiers of Silviculture
	Plenary Address: Applications of Belowground Forest Biology	199
	Assessing the Controls on Soil Mineral-N Cycling Rates in Managed Coastal Western Hemlock Ecosystems of British Columbia	213
	White/Red Pine Stand Response to Partial Cutting and Site Preparation	221
	Total, Hydrolyzable and Condensed Tannin Concentrations of Leaf Litters of Some Common Hardwoods of Eastern Canada at Two Sites of Contrasting Productivity	229
	Comparative Growth of Balsam Fir and Black Spruce Advance Regeneration After Logging	235
	Influence of Forest Harvesting Intensity on Nutrient Leaching Through Soil in Southwestern British Columbia	241
	Intensive Management of Ponderosa Pine Plantations: Sustainable Productivity for the 21st Century	249
	Gas Exchange for Managed Ponderosa Pine Stands Positioned Along a Climatic Gradient	257
	Microclimate Changes Following Alternative Conifer Release Treatments Continued Through Three Post-Treatment Growing Seasons	267
	Alternative Conifer Release Treatments Affect Competition Levels, Available Light, Net Assimilation Rates, and Growth of White Spruce Seedlings	277
	Natural Regeneration of Grey Alder (Alnus incana [L.] Moench.) Stands After Harvest	287
	Seasonal Fine Root Carbohydrate Relations of Plantation Loblolly Pine After Thinning	295
	Root Architectural Plasticity to Nutrient Stress in Two Contrasting Ecotypes of Loblolly Pine	307
Part 4	Frontiers of Conservation
	Changes in Desiccating Seeds of Temperate and Tropical Forest Tree Species	319
	Red and Black Spruce Introgression in Montane Ecosystems in New England and New York	327
	Sea Buckthorn: A Near-Ideal Plant for Agroforestry on the Canadian Prairies	335
	Some Aspects of the Impact and Management of the Exotic Weed, Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius [L.] Link) in British Columbia, Canada	341
	Pleistocene Refugia for Longleaf and Loblolly Pines	349
	Predator Guild Structure of Canopy Arthropods from a Montane Forest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia	355
	Index	363

Editorial Reviews

Summarizes the state of the art of forest science in North America with contributions from practitioners and researchers. Addresses changing priorities in forest management, with chapters on biodiversity research, productivity of commercial species, conserving adaptive variation in forest ecosystems, and the effect of harvesting trees on nutrient leaching. Examines the social, biological, and industrial context of forest biology, and discusses new directions for research into genetics, physiology, plant silviculture, and conservation. Material originated at a 1998 meeting. Co-published simultaneously as , v.10, nos. 1/2 and 3/4 2000. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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