Highlights from latest Quarterly Journal of Forestry
Date Issued: 11 July 2010
The latest Quarterly Journal of Forestry (QJF) should have reached all paid-up members by now. As always, the articles in the QJF are pitched at that special level which informs and educates people from all backgrounds with a common interest in trees, from the keen amateur through to the university academic.
But if you are not yet an RFS member, here is a glimpse of what you are missing:
Hardwood timber extraction over sensitive soils – A terramechanical study in southern England
by A.J. Moffat et al.
This paper describes a trial to examine the relative effects on the soil of harvesting
broadleaved timber over soft ground without the use of brash mats to protect the soil.
Biosecurity
In the first of our series of articles drawn from the recent Tree Diseases conference, FC’s Roddie Burgess highlights the importance of good biosecurity practice.
Woody invaders down under – Alienation of exotic species in Australia
We have become used to the idea of alien species causing problems in UK woodlands. Terry Mabbett turns the tables and looks at how some of our familiar trees are threatening habitats on the other side of the world.
Wither Clonal Oaks?
Ralph Harmer (Forest Research) revisits the survivors of a discontinued experiment in oak improvement to see what they tell us today about the long-term viability of vegetatively propagated selected oaks.
40 years of woodland management in N. Yorks
Jonathan Allison describes the ups and downs of restoring and maintaining his family’s small estate woodland under continuous cover management.
The roles of tree breeding and silviculture in disease control
Our coverage of the Tree Diseases conference continues with a discussion by Karen Russell (Lockhart Garratt Ltd) and Peter Savill (ex Oxford Forestry Institute) on how the breeding and care of trees impacts on their resistance to pests and diseases.
Tree diseases – The economic impacts of it all
In the third of our articles from the Tree Diseases conference, Colin Price (Bangor University) attempts to put a figure on the economic cost of tree diseases in the UK.
Natural regeneration under continuous cover
Tony Spencer considers the effect of brambles and other factors on regeneration of western red cedar in his Yorkshire woodland.
Farm woodland taxation
In response to correspondence that appeared earlier this year in the QJF, taxation advisor David Gittins clarifies the position of farm woodland with regards to inheritance and capital gains tax.
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