Brief Notice: Forest Stand Dynamics (Update Edition)

Abstract

The revised version of a book originally published in 1990 has been expanded to include more global references and examples of stand development and growth patterns of forests. There are 16 chapters: Introduction; Plant interactions and limitations of growth; Tree architecture and growth; Disturbances and stand development; Overview of stand development patterns; temporal and spatial patterns of tree invasion; Stand initiation stage: single-cohort stands; Stand initiation stage: single-cohort stands, single-species stands; Stem exclusion stage: single-cohort stands, mixed-species stands; Understory reinitiation stage; Old growth stage; Multicohort stands: behavior of component cohorts; Development of multicohort stands; Stand edges, gaps, and clumps; Quantification of stand development; and Forest patterns over long times and large areas.