The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests: A Festschrift for David M. Smith

I. Stand Structure and Dynamics: Overview of Principles.- 1. Pathways of development in mixed-species stands.- 2. Similarities of stand structures and stand development processes throughout the world-some evidence and applications to silviculture through adaptive management.- II. Stand Structure and Dynamics: Case Studies.- 3. Development of a mixed-conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan, following a catastrophic windstorm: A "parallel" model of plant succession.- 4. The structure and dynamics of tropical rain forest in relation to tree species richness.- 5. Patterns of diversity in the boreal forest.- 6. Regeneration from seed under a range of canopy conditions in tropical wet forest, Puerto Rico.- 7. Establishment and early growth of advance regeneration of canopy trees in moist mixed-species forest.- III. Productivity of Mixed-Species Stands.- 8. Comparative productivity of monocultures and mixed-species stands.- 9. Exploring the possibilities of developing a physiological model of mixed stands.- IV. Silviculture and Management of Mixed-Species Stands.- 10. Stand development patterns in Allegheny hardwood forests, and their influence on silviculture and management practices.- 11. Experiments in mixed mountain forests in Bavaria.- 12. The red spruce-balsam fir forest of Maine: Evolution of silvicultural practice in response to stand development patterns and disturbances.- 13. Temperate zone roots of silviculture in the tropics.- 14. Forest analysis: Linking the stand and forest levels.- V. Concluding Remarks.- 15. Ideas about mixed stands.