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[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – Forests as wildlife habitat

Lead Author: J. Good

This is one of a series of papers which form part of a study to consider the scale, location and nature of forestry expansion in Britain.

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[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – British forestry in 1990

Lead Author: Professor H. Miller

This is one of a series of papers which form part of a study to consider the scale, location and nature of forestry expansion in Britain.

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[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – Introduction, summary and conclusions

Lead Author: Professor I. Cunningham

The purposes of this study are to draw together up-to-date assessments of the main factors bearing on decisions about the broad direction of forestry expansion; to use this to inform discussions of the location and type of forestry that would best meet the demands of society for wood products, jobs, recreation, amenity, wildlife conservation, carbon […]

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[Archive] Price-size curves for broadleaves

Lead Author: A. Whiteman

This paper sets out the techniques used to survey and analyse prices, discusses the relevant factors in the price formation process, and presents price-size curves for a variety of crops.

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[Archive] Factors affecting the natural regeneration of oak in upland Britain

Lead Author: R. Worrell

This review collates information on the natural regeneration of oak (Quercus petraea and Quercus robur) in upland Britain and the factors which influence it.

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[Archive] Edge management in woodlands

Lead Author: R. Ferris-Khan (Ed.)

This paper presents the proceedings of a symposium held at Alice Holt Lodge on 17 October 1989. It contains 12 papers and a discussion section.

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[Archive] The impact of Government intervention on private forest management in England and Wales

Lead Author: J.A. Johnson

This report presents the results of an enquiry into the influence of taxation and subsidies in forestry on the management of private woodlands in England and Wales. The aim of the study has been to clarify the critical elements in the management decisions of private woodland owners. The main feature distinguishing this study from others […]

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[Archive] The supply and demand for wood in the United Kingdom

Lead Author: A. Whiteman

This paper consists of two main parts. The larger part is concerned with new models of wood product demand that have been developed at the Forestry Commission. The rest of the paper then takes these models and, comparing them with future forecasts of UK roundwood production, examines the likely future raw material balance for wood […]

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[Archive] Forest employment survey 1988 – 1989

Lead Author: Jean Thompson

This survey covers employment in the Forestry Commission, the private sector and primary wood processing. It enumerates both direct labour and contractors, counting part-time and contract employment as the actual time worked and expressing the total as whole-job equivalents. It includes employees and the self-employed, between whom no distinction is made.

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[Archive] Forest bird communities

Lead Author: S.J. Petty

This review discusses the ecology and management of forest bird communities in relation to silvicultural practices in the British uplands. The review provides forest managers with information on how bird communities function in a dynamic forest environment and what foresters can do to achieve a richer, better balanced avifauna within their forest. It also provides […]

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[Archive] A new series of windthrow monitoring areas in upland Britain

Lead Author: C.P. Quine

This Paper discusses a network of eight windthrow monitoring areas together with reference anemometers and wind vanes which have been established in forests in remote upland areas of Britain. The sites chosen will allow study of the onset and progression of windthrow in productive plantations. Details of the associated wind climate will also be obtained. […]

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[Archive] Nursery stock root systems and tree establishment – a literature review

Lead Author: Jenifer J. White

This Occasional Paper is a literature review which was undertaken in 1984 to establish what is known about tree root systems, their size in relation to the shoot and the nutrient/moisture status needed for good root regeneration after planting. The specific objectives of the review were:1. to prepare a report summarising the available in formation […]

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[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – Forests as wildlife habitat

[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – British forestry in 1990

[Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study of technical, economic and ecological factors – Introduction, summary and conclusions

[Archive] Price-size curves for broadleaves

[Archive] Factors affecting the natural regeneration of oak in upland Britain

[Archive] Edge management in woodlands

[Archive] The impact of Government intervention on private forest management in England and Wales

[Archive] The supply and demand for wood in the United Kingdom

[Archive] Forest employment survey 1988 – 1989

[Archive] Forest bird communities

[Archive] A new series of windthrow monitoring areas in upland Britain

[Archive] Nursery stock root systems and tree establishment – a literature review

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