Pacific Forestry Centre
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 75
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Forest vegetation management is the science of manipulating unwanted vegetation and other environmental variables to suppress or alter the development of competing plant species in crop tree plantations. Use of the various techniques alters the forage and habitat resources used by wildlife. This analysis considers the extent of herbicide use and documents the concerns and information needs of professional wildlife and forest managers. It contains a review of existing technical literature and identifies several other potential research topics, ranked in order of importance.