Silviculture in the Tropics
This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests. The influence of social dimensions on the development of silvicultural concepts is another spotlig
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Sven Günter Michael Weber Bernd Stimm Reinhard Mosandl Editors
Silviculture in the Tropics
Tropical Forestry
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Silviculture in the Tropics With 49 Figures and 59 Tables
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Editors PD Dr. Sven Gu¨nter Prof. Dr. Michael Weber Dr. Bernd Stimm Prof. Dr. Reinhard Mosandl Institute of Silviculture Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan Technische Universita¨t Mu¨nchen Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2 85354 Freising Germany [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
ISSN 1614-9785 ISBN 978-3-642-19985-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-19986-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-19986-8 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011932166 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover photo: ready2shoot/Fotolia.com Cover design: SPi Publisher Services Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In 1998, Dawkins and Philip published their important book Tropical Moist Forest Silviculture and Management. A History of Success and Failure. In that book they stated: “The main message from the past is that natural forest management can be done; conservation and production are not incompatible; in fact, in some of the circumstances the only way to conservation will be through the management of the production of goods and services from the forest.” Convinced of the trueness of this statement silviculturists working in all tropical areas of the world have contributed to this book. It reflects the efforts of 46 authors to specify the state of the art in tropical silviculture. The book aims at combining two complementary aspects of tropical silviculture: first we would like to emphasize its role as integrative scientific discipline linking ecological and socioeconomic dimensions, and second we call attention to its role as an instrument to satisfy the manifold demands of the multiple forest users, from livelihood over timber production to provision of environmental services. Therefore, this book contains contri
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