Managing Native Broadleaved Woodland

Author:

Forestry Commission - Ralph Harmer, Gary Kerr and Richard Thompson

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £30.00

Native woodlands occupy an important place in both our countryside and cultural heritage. They continue to provide timber and wood but nowadays are often equally valued as habitats for wildlife and areas for recreation. The aim of 'Managing Native Broadleaved Woodland' is to provide advice that will help managers understand and manage their woodland.

Unique combinations of site factors and management history have created woodlands of widely differing character. For example, native broadleaved woodland may be ancient and semi-natural, or recent and planted. It may be composed of high forest, coppice or wood pasture and comprise native species or those such as sweet chestnut which have become accepted as typical woodland species in some parts of the country. Woodland types differ widely across Britain, from the lowland yew and beechwoods of the chalk downlands of southern England to the treeline woodlands and Atlantic hazelwoods of the north and west Highlands of Scotland.

Key features:

• A wide variety of subjects are included in this handbook, from use of grazing animals, identification of woodland communities and management for nature conservation, to uneven aged silviculture, vegetation management and management planning.

• The background and principles of each topic are explained and case studies are used throughout.

• Interactions between inherent characteristics of the site and historic management are also considered in relation to future management options.

The handbook also includes answers to questions that managers should be asking about their woodlands when different management styles are adopted depending on woodland ownership, location, objectives and characteristics.

Author/Organisation

• The Forestry Commission is the government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands.

• Ralph Harmer has worked for Forest Research at Alice Holt for almost 25 years. He initially studied the vegetative propagation and improvement on oak, but since 1992 has been investigating the management of lowland native woodlands. His recent work has concentrated on the relationships between the ground flora, tree seedling regeneration and browsing, and the restoration of plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS).

• Gary Kerr is a silviculturist working for Forest Research at Alice Holt. His research career started with work on broadleaved silviculture and his PhD focussed on the silviculture of ash. Since then his work has focussed on continuous cover silviculture. He is Editor-in-Chief of Forestry: an International journal of Forest Research, a scientific journal published by Oxford University Press.

• Richard Thompson is a native woodland ecologist working for Forest Enterprise Scotland. Starting with the Forestry Commission as a conservation and planning forester, he then worked for Forest Research investigating the ecology of upland native woodlands. He currently provides site based advice and national guidance on the management of native woods and ancient woodland sites.

Extent	524 pages	ISBN	9780114973445
Size	250 x 176 mm	Price	£30.00
Format	Paperback	Published	23 Sep 2010
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