Forest Regeneration Manual

Regeneration Planning.- 1. Regeneration: An Overview of Past Trends and Basic Steps Needed to Ensure Future Success.- 2. Reforestation Economics, Law, and Taxation.- Regeneration Methods.- 3. Regeneration Methods.- 4. Seed Management.- 5. Vegetative Propagation of Southern Pines.- Nursery Culturing.- 6. Bareroot Seedling Culture.- 7. Container Seedlings.- 8. Seedling Quality of Southern Pines.- Characterizing the Site.- 9. Characterizing the Site: Environment, Associated Vegetation, and Site Potential.- 10. Soil and Site Potential.- 11. Species Variation, Allocation, and Tree Improvement.- Preparing the Site.- 12. Prescribed Burning for Regeneration.- 13. Chemical and Mechanical Site Preparation.- 14. Fertilization of Southern Pines at Establishment.- Planting the Site.- 15. Initial Spacing: How Many Trees to Plant.- 16. Lifting, Storing and Transporting Southern Pine Seedlings.- 17. Proper Planting Improves Performance.- 18. Evaluating Regeneration Success.- Protection and EarlyGrowth Promotion.- 19. Vegetation Management After Plantation Establishment.- 20. Insect and Disease Management.- 21. Wildlife Management in Southern Pine Regeneration Systems.- 22. Controlling Vertebrate Animal Damage in Southern Pines.

'It is for this reason that it is recommended to both student, as a source of instruction, and to the practising forester as a source of reference.' Arboricultural Journal 16:2 1992