Mark Krawczyk

Coppice Agroforestry

Tending Trees for Product, Profit, and Woodland Ecology

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Produktbeschreibung

Coppice Agroforestry is a comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture à â â coppicing, pollarding, shredding, and pleaching hardwood trees for firewood, building materials, furniture, basketry, and more. Covers coppice history, biology, ecology, products, woodland economics, and agroforestry system design and management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 193mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1152g
• ISBN-13: 9780865719705
• ISBN-10: 0865719705
• Artikelnr.: 62427913

Autorenporträt

Mark Krawczyk is an applied ecologist, educator, and grower incorporating permaculture design, agroforestry, natural building, traditional woodworking, and small-scale forestry. He owns and operates Keyline Vermont LLC, providing farmers, homeowners, and homesteaders with education, design, and consulting services. He and his wife also manage Valley Clayplain Forest Farm, 52 acres of field and forest in New Haven, Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
Introduction: What Is Coppice?
What Is It?
   Dissecting Our Definition
Why Coppice?
Why Is It Nonexistent Here?
Why Do It Today?
   Home and Community Scale Energy Security
   Local Livelihoods and a Culture of Craft
   Preserving Native Forests
   Leaving a Legacy
   Why Not?
Purpose of This Book
PART 1: HISTORY, BIOLOGY, SYSTEMS, AND ECONOMY
Chapter 1: A Cultural History of Coppice Agroforestry
Coppice: An Essential Prehistoric Resource
   The Landscapes of Prehistoric Europe and Early Evidence of Coppice
   Resprouts in Pre-contact North America
Coppice in Europe: From Subsistence Resource to Market Commodity
   Roman Legacies: Industrial-scale Copses and Sweet Chestnut
   Medieval Woodlands: Composition, Patterns, and Protection
   The Manorial System: Private Ownership and Wooded Commons
Coppice in the Emerging Market Economy
   Charcoal for Industry Boosts Coppice Production
   Shifting Products, Markets, and Management
The Near Extinction of Coppicing
   The Rise of Modern Forestry
   Coppice in Colonial and Industrial North America?
Revival? Coppicing for the 22nd Century
   European Revival
Recapitulation: Crafting Regenerative Resprout Silviculture
Chapter 2: The Anatomy and Physiology of Woody Plants
Woody Plant Organs and Tissues
   Primary Organs: Crown, Trunk, and Roots
   Woody Plant Forms: Overall Aboveground Architecture
   Meristems: Tissues Capable of Division
   Wood and Bark: Tissues of the Trunk
Tree Growth, Development, Life Span, and Decay
   Generalized Growth Pattern: Nested Cones
   Woody Plant Growth Habits: Above- and Belowground
      Plant Growth Patterns
   The Timing and Pattern of Seasonal Growth
   Tree Health and Life Span: An Energetic Balancing Act
Sprouts and Resprouts
   The Adaptive Utility of the Ability to Resprout
   Anatomy and Physiology of Angiosperm Sprouting
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Ecology of Coppice Systems
The Economy of Forest Ecosystems
Natural Communities and Forest Cover Types
Effects of Coppice on Community Ecology and Biodiversity
  Key Differences Between Coppice and High Forest   
  Forest Growth Stages
   Forest Gap Formation
  Effects of Disturbance on Ground Layer Populations
  Growth Stages and Microclimate
  Effects of Access Rides and Woodland Roadways
  Coppice and Bird Species
  Coppice and Small Mammal Populations
  Coppice and Deer
  Coppice and Invertebrates
  Butterflies
  Deadwood
  Nutrient Dynamics in Coppice Woods
  Soil-Water Dynamics
A Conservation Panacea?
Chapter 4: Woodland Management Systems
Systems Framework
  Species
  Economy
  Disturbance Severity
  Disturbance Chronology
  Landscape Pattern
Resprout Silviculture Systems both Historic and Modern
  Adding Trees to Fields
  Woodland-based Systems
Other Types of Resprout Silviculture
  Shredding
  Stooling
  Own-root Fruit Trees
  Stump Culture or Coppiced Christmas Trees
Silvicultural Foundations of High Forest Management
  High Forest Management Systems
Putting it All Together: Choosing the Right System for Your Landscape and
Needs
Chapter 5: Coppice Economics and Products
Markets
The Value-added Continuum
Business Development
Working Along the Value-added Continuum from Low to High
  Woodchips: Biofuel, Soil-improving Mulches, Woodchip-Clay
  Fodder
  Fuelwood
  Faggots
  Charcoal
  Carbon Farming
  Garden Products
  Holiday Ornamentation
  Culinary and Medicinal Mushrooms
  Food/Medicine/Wine
  Fencing
  Shelterbelts/Windbreaks/Soundbreaks
  Hedges
  Specialized Traditional Crafts
  Baskets
  Rustic Furniture
  Green Woodworking
  Building and Construction Materials
  Buildings
  Modern Product Potential
Matching Production Systems to Regional Climate and Production Needs
Financial Assistance to Support Coppice Management
Forestry Cooperatives
Conclusion
PART II: 21st CENTURY COPPICE: A MODERN INTEGRATION
Chapter 6: Listening to the Land: The Art of Ecological Design
A Synthesis of Strategies
The Silvicultural Standard: Forest Management Plans
  Working with a Professional: The Role of Foresters
Goals and Management Objectives
Mapping
  GIS Mapping
  Mapping Forest Stands
Site Analysis
  Yeomans' Scale of Permanence
  Stand-specific Assessments
System Design
  Cant Size, Rotation Length, and Layout
  The Circulatory System: Access and Extraction Routes
  Water Sources and Supply
  Fodder and Fence System Design
  Basket Willow Systems
  Managing for Wildlife
A Coppice Pattern Language: Design Details and Criteria
Designing Cultivated Ecologies: Multistoried, Multifunctional Guild Design
Temporal Design: Cant Establishment and Harvest Schedules
Putting Down the Pencil and Picking Up the Shovel
Chapter 7: Getting Started: Establishing Coppice on Your Land
Woodland Conversion
  Existing Stand Dynamics and Their Effects on Cant Development
  Natural Regeneration: Restocking Forest Stands
  Prescribed Burns
Conclusion
Field Transformation
  Species
  Layout and Spacing
  Ground Prep
  Planting Techniques
  Planting a Hedgerow
Maintenance and Protection
  Tree Shelters
  Irrigation
Projecting Costs
Keeping Records Is Key
Chapter 8: Coppice Management and Harvest
First Harvest Cycle: Coppice Establishment
  When to Cut
  Where to Cut
  When to Initiate Coppicing
Pollarding
  Preparing a Tree for Pollarding
  How and Where to Cut
  Accessing and Harvesting Pollards
  Timing
  Disturbance Chronology
Managing Hedgerows
  The Art of Hedgelaying
Tools and Felling Techniques
  Specialized Pollarding Tools
  Felling
Snedding or Limbing
Cross-cutting and Product Selection
Extraction
Storing Products
Cant Management
Maintenance Inputs
  Stand Improvement
  Pest and Weed Control
  Access
Restoring Overstood Coppice
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Additional Resources
Appendix 2: Yield and Species-by-Use Tables
Species-by-Use Table Bibliography
Endnotes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher