CONTENTS 



Investments in natural reproduction 



Progress of private forestry -. 

 Reproduction cuttings . 

 Classification of the trees in a forest 



Age-class 



Size-class 



Crown-class . 



The stand 



Origin of stands 



Form of the stand 

 The silvicultural systems 

 Classification of silvicultural systems 

 Systems depending on reproduction by seed 

 Systems depending on reproduction wholly or 



from sprouts (coppice) 

 Combination of silvicultural systems 

 Application of silvicultural systems 

 Choice of species 

 Pure and mixed stands contrasted . 



Chapter II. The Selection System 

 Origin of the selection system 

 Theory of the selection system 

 Principles of limiting the cut 

 The diameter limit 

 Application of a diameter limit 



Marking 

 Defects of a rigid diameter limit 

 Provision for reproduction . 

 Protection from windfall 

 Cutting small trees for improvement 

 Influence of market conditions 



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