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    Report on Forest Research 1992

     Report on Forest Research for the year ended 31 March 1992
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    [Archive] Monitoring vegetation changes in conservation management of forests
    Lead Author: R. Ferris-Kaan
    Monitoring should be an integral part of conservation management in forests. It provides managers with information on the status and trend of species or habitats, and indicates whether specific goals have been achieved. Vegetation assessments can be used to monitor habitat quality as well as plant and species composition. Plants can be more easily monitored […]
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    [Archive] Woodland management for pheasants
    Lead Author: P.A. Robertson
    This Bulletin summarises the findings of a 3-year study sponsored by the Forestry Commission and carried out by the Game Conservancy. The study undertook to quantify habitat requirements of pheasants, to assess the benefits or disadvantages to pheasants of different forms of woodland management and to investigate the effects of managing woods for pheasants on […]
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    [Archive] Valuing informal recreation on the Forestry Commission Estate
    Lead Author: J.F. Benson
    The Bulletin estimates the consumer surplus (or net monetary benefit) from informal recreation on the Forestry Commission estate. The Forestry Commission’s estate of more than 1 million hectares is managed for multiple-use and multiple benefits. Calculations of the costs and benefits of timber production are made in financial terms using discounted cash flow models. Most […]
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    [Archive] A manual of good practice for the use of sewage sludge in forestry
    Lead Author: R. Wolstenholme
    Sewage sludge, a mixture of solids and water produced during the treatment of waste water, can be used as a valuable fertiliser and is currently widely used as such in agriculture. Since 1981 a joint Forestry Commission/WRc research programme has evaluated the growth responses and environmental implications of sewage sludge applications to forests (Bayes et […]
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    [Archive] Super Sitka for the 90s
    Lead Author: D.A. Rook
    This Bulletin presents the information from a meeting in 1990 which was focused on Sitka spruce in Britain. The keynote speaker discussed the use of cuttings in spruce plantations throughout the world. A series of speakers then dealt with the following aspects, all of which are provided in this Bulletin: breeding strategy and levels of […]
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    [Archive] Seed manual for forest trees
    Lead Author: A.G. Gordon (Ed)
    This Bulletin comprises a series of chapters covering all phases of seed usage of commercial forestry species from source selection, through collection, processing, storage and legislation, to seed sowing; each chapter is written by individual specialists in their field. The Bulletin is still available in hardcopy.
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    [Archive] Establishing farm woodlands
    Lead Author: D.R. Williamson
    Diversification into new land use is now being actively encouraged for farmers and landowners facing agricultural surpluses and falling incomes. Woodland is one of the options for consideration. In the main, requirements in Britain for timber and timber products are satisfied through imports, so potential demand for British grown timber is there to be exploited. […]
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    [Archive] Roe deer biology and management
    Lead Author: P.R. Ratcliffe
    Roe deer are distributed widely in Great Britain and are managed for a number of reasons including the reduction of impact on trees and vegetation and their exploitation as a game species. Population data, especially on survivorship, on which to base management plans, are difficult to obtain and have previously been unavailable. This Bulletin gives […]
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    [Archive] Forest fencing
    Lead Author: H.W. Pepper
    Fencing is a necessary but expensive forest management operation. While it is possible to erect a fence that is completely effective against any animal, this is usually too costly. Any forest fence is a compromise between expense and effectiveness. The introduction of spring steel wire by the Forestry Commission into the construction of forest fences […]
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    [Archive] Forestry Commission 71st Annual Report and Accounts 1990-91
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    Published by HMSO, for the year ending 31 March 1991.
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    [Archive] Forestry Expansion – a study in technical, economic and ecological factors – Assessing the returns to the economy and to society from investments in forestry
    Lead Author: D. Pearce
    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.