silviculture
noun
the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
silvicultural
-
a word derived from
silviculture.
Example Sentences
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"Management techniques like determining the optimal rotation length and implementing silvicultural treatments can be powerful tools that can allow managers to meet both objectives."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
Fortunately, however, commercial and silvicultural considerations accidentally coincide so nearly under average yellow pine conditions as to make certain rough rules which can be laid down entirely consistent with logging methods now in practice.
From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Edward Tyson Allen
Indeed, many of the silvicultural systems involve steady improvement of the forest.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
Improvement cuttings are often necessary as a preliminary step before any silvicultural 286 system can be applied.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
There are many technicalities, both mathematical and silvicultural, and unfortunately most of the available figures for the Northwest, obtained by the Forest Service, have not been generalized enough for wide popular value.
From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Edward Tyson Allen
