Module 1: Introduction to Silviculture

For Further Reading

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. March 2000. The Economic Impact of the Forest Industry on the Nova Scotia Economy.

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. January 2003. The Forest Industry in the Nova Scotia Economy (2002 Update).

Burns, R.M. and B.H. Honkala. 1990. Silvics of North America. Vol. 1 Conifers. Agriculture Handbook #654. USDA Forest Service.

Burns, R.M. and B.H. Honkala. 1990. Silvics of North America. Vol. 2 Hardwoods. Agriculture Handbook #654. USDA Forest Service.

Canadian Institute of Forestry, 2001. Nova Scotia News - CIF Celebrates National Forest Week.
http://www.cif-ifc.org/

Dansereau, J.P., and P. deMarsh, 2003. A portrait of Canadian Woodlot owners in 2003. Forestry Chronicle. 79(4): 774-779

Farr, K. 2003. The Forests of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, Markham ON. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.

Farrar, J. L. 1995. Trees in Canada. Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Ottawa; Canadian Forest Service.

Forestry Canada. 1992. Silvicultural terms in Canada. Ottawa, ON.

Johnson, R.S. 1986. Forest of Nova Scotia a History. Department of Lands and Forests. Four East Publications. Halifax, NS.

Keys, K.P. Neily, E. Quigley and B. Stewart. 2003. Forest Ecosystem Classification of Nova Scotia’s Model Forest. Nova Forest Alliance. Stewiacke, NS.

Natural Resources Canada. 2004. The State of Canada’s Forests 2003-2004. Ottawa, ON.

Nova Forest Alliance. Forest Ecosystem Classification of Nova Scotia’s Model Forest. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. 1997. Toward Sustainable Forestry: A Position Paper. Working Paper 1997-01.

Natural Resource Education Centre. Forest Sustainablity - A Grade 10 Science Project. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. 2000a. Sustaining Our Wood Supply Through Increased Silviculture. Information Leaflet FOR-3.

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources. 2000b. Ten Year Periodic Annual Increment for Nova Scotia Permanent Forest Inventory Plots 1980-85 to 1990-95. Report FOR 2000-2.

Robertson, R.G., R.W. Young and J.C. Lees. 1991. Hardwood Thinning Manual. Department of Lands and Forests.

Robertson, R.G., R.W. Young. 1990. Merchantable Thinning Manual - Softwoods. Department of Lands and Forests.

Saunders, G.L. 1995. Trees Of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.

Townsend, P. 2004. Nova Scotia Forest Inventory, Based on Permanent Sample Plots Measured between 1999 and 2003. Report FOR2004-03. Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources.

Wellstead A., P.D. Brown. 1995. The 1993 Nova Scotia Woodlot Owner Survey Executive Summary. Department of Natural Resources.

Wilson, B.F. 1970. The Growing Tree. University of Massachusetts Press