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    [Archive] Top diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Field Book describes the top diameter method for estimating the volume of logs which is usually confined to softwood sawlogs. This method is less time consuming and so cheaper than the more traditional mid diameter method and is best suited to batches of uniform length logs. The description of logs in terms of top […]
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    [Archive] Predicting the productivity of Sitka spruce on upland sites in northern Britain
    Lead Author: R. Worrell
    The research described in this Bulletin integrates the main environmental factors influencing the growth of Sitka spruce at high elevations in order to estimate future yield class.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Price-size curves for conifers
    Lead Author: D.C. Mitlin
    This Bulletin describes the development of the long-term price assumptions used by the Forestry Commission for estimating future timber revenues.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forestry Practice (10th edition)
    Lead Author: B. G. Hibberd
    A summary of methods of establishing, maintaining and harvesting forest crops with advice on planning and other management considerations for owners, agents and foresters.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Thinning control (3rd edition)
    Lead Author: T.J.D. Rollinson
    This booklet is designed for field use. It provides a simple guide to the control of volume to be removed when marking a thinning. There are three sections. The first section describes the Yield Class system and the assessment of yield class in a stand. The second section covers thinning practice, that is, the type, […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Mid diameter sawlog tables
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    This Booklet provides information on the mid diameter method, which is the traditional method for estimating the volume of logs. The first edition of this work was called the Metric volume ready reckoner for round timber.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Yield models for forest management
    Lead Author: P.N. Edwards
    This booklet, with its associated yield models and curves, replaces Forestry Commission Booklet Number 34 Forest Management Tables (Metric) by G. J. Hamilton and J. M. Christie, which was published by HMSO in 1971. Yield models can be constructed to simulate the effects of any silvicultural treatment, and the ‘normal yield tables’ included in the […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Investment appraisal in forestry
    Lead Author: R.J.N. Busby
    The purpose of this Booklet is to outline the basic concepts of investment appraisal as they apply to forestry, to provide tables of use in appraisal and to illustrate their application to a variety of cases in forestry.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Spatial analysis of forest growth
    Lead Author: P.H. Nicholls
    This paper presents an abridged account of a study by the author in 1978, which is intended to develop the understanding of spatial variations in the growth of trees and refinement of the analytical techniques used. The results of the yield analysis at the national level are applied on a compartment basis in two study […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Standard time tables and output guides
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The demand from private forestry for guidance on payment of workers has increased enormously over the past few years and to meet these needs, the Forestry Commission has decided to publish current tables in the form of a Booklet every few years.
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] The wood production outlook in Britain – a review
    Lead Author: Forestry Commission
    The increasing concern throughout the world about the future availability of fossil fuels and other finite resources has emphasised the need for appraising the balance of wood demand and supply into the next century, and in particular its implications for wood production and forest strategy in Great Britain. This led the Forestry Commissioners to invite […]
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    Forestry publication document

    [Archive] Forestry Practice (9th edition)
    Lead Author: O. N. Blatchford
    A summary of methods of establishing, maintaining and harvesting forest crops with advice on planning and other management considerations for owners, agents and foresters.