Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-210) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Multiaged silviculture -- 1.2. Terminology -- 1.3. Moving forestry forward -- 2. History of multiaged silviculture -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Origins of multiaged approaches -- 2.3. Cyclic patterns -- 2.4. Recent trends -- 2.5. Synthesis -- 3. Disturbance dynamics of multiaged stands -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Disturbances and age structures -- 3.3. Disturbance effects and silviculture -- 3.4. Disturbance regimes -- 3.5. Disturbance types -- 3.6. Synthesis -- 4. Dynamics of multiaged stands -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Dynamics of light-limited systems -- 4.3. Dynamics of moisture-limited systems -- 4.4. Tree and stand architecture -- 4.5. Growth patterns -- 4.6. Mortality -- 4.7. Synthesis -- 5. Dynamics of forest gap and group openings -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Gap dynamics -- 5.3. Gap studies---gap variability and implications for management -- 5.4. Gap replacement models -- 5.5. Synthesis -- 6. Multiaged management systems.

Contents note continued: 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Multiaged systems -- 6.3. Synthesis -- 7. Multiaged stocking control -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Stocking control concepts -- 7.3. Multiaged stocking control -- 7.4. Synthesis -- 8. Regenerating multiaged stands -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Natural regeneration -- 8.3. Artificial regeneration -- 8.4. Cultural treatments -- 8.5. Synthesis -- 9. Tending multiaged stands -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Thinning treatments -- 9.3. Release treatments and vegetation control -- 9.4. Pruning treatments and wood quality -- 9.5. Fertilization and forest nutrition -- 9.6. Prescribed burning -- 9.7. Synthesis -- 10. Transformations to multiaged stand structures -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. The silviculture of transformation -- 10.3. Sustainability and transformation -- 10.4. Constraints on transformation -- 10.5. Synthesis -- 11. Managing multiaged stands for diverse objectives -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Timber---quantity and quality.

Contents note continued: 11.3. Biodiversity and wildlife habitat -- 11.4. Climate change -- 11.5. Carbon -- 11.6. Restoration -- 11.7. Sustainable forest management -- 11.8. Other ecosystem services -- 11.9. Synthesis -- 12. Growth projection in multiaged stands -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Site quality assessment -- 12.3. Growth projection -- 12.4. Growth projection tools -- 12.5. Optimization tools -- 12.6. Synthesis -- 13. Volume and economic production of multiaged stands -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Stand-level volume production relationships -- 13.3. Volume production of even-aged and multiaged stands -- 13.4. Economic productivity -- 13.5. Synthesis -- 14. Genetics and multiaged silviculture -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Genetic conservation and silviculture -- 14.3. Reproductive processes -- 14.4. Genetics and natural disturbances -- 14.5. Genetics and multiaged silviculture -- 14.6. Synthesis -- 15. Multiaged structures and stand health -- 15.1. Introduction.

Contents note continued: 15.2. Wind and other storm damage -- 15.3. Insects, pathogens, and invasives -- 15.4. Fire -- 15.5.A dynamic climate -- 15.6. Management options -- 15.7. Synthesis -- 16. Social justifications for multiaged silviculture -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Aesthetics -- 16.3. Naturalness -- 16.4. Social acceptability of multiaged silviculture -- 16.5. Naturalness and the "easy way out" -- 16.6. Synthesis.