

After completing this chapter you should be able to:
- describe an approach to decision-making for silvicultural systems
- appreciate the importance of clear objectives for developing silvicultural systems
- differentiate between the various types of resource management
- recognize the potential for stand structural options based on stand data
- appreciate the potential risks that must be considered before choosing a suitable silvicultural system option.

- resource management objectives
- stand structural design (objectives)
- stand structures
- stand structural attributes
- stand spacial patterns
- successional stage
- stand development
- risk appraisal
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What You Will Learn
Terms to Remember
Overview of the Decision-making Process
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