Agro-Forestry

Regeneration of Forest The renewal of a forest by some means (e.g. natural or artifcial) is known as regenerations. The regeneration has been defined in a number of ways by several workers. Regeneration of Forest 1) “The renewal of a forest crops by natural or artifcial means; also the new …

Coppice System of Silviculture Defined as that Silviculture System in which the new crop originates mainly from shoot / stool coppice and where the rotation of the coppice is short. Various Methods of Coppice System are followed as 1) Simple Coppice 2) The Coppice of Two Rotations System 3) Sheltered …

Silvicultural Accessory Systems Silviculture System in which irregular felling or two storeyed high forests is observed. a) Two Storied High Forest: Silviculture System which result in the formation of a two storeyed forest with specifc objectives 1) Protection of soil 2) For increasing the proportion of valuable species in the moist …

Silvicultural Systems of Diffused Regeneration a) The Selection System: Silviculture System in which felling and regeneration are distributed over the whole area and the resultant crop so uneven-aged that trees and all ages are found mixed together over every part of the area. 1) Distributed over whole area 2) All age classes …

Silvicultural System of Concentrated Regeneration a) Clear Felling System: i) Clear Felling System: Defined as Silvicultural System in which equal or equi-productive areas of mature crop are successively clear felled in one operation to be regenerated most frequently, artifcially but sometimes naturally also. Regeneration: 1) Artificial: a) Deptt. plantation b) Taungya i) …

The better defined and more stable units of forest vegetation are referred to as Forest Types or Unit of vegetation which possesses characteristics in physiognomy and structure to permit its differentiation from such other units is called as Forest types: Champion and Seth have Differentiated 16 Climatic Forest types are as below …