UNEVEN-AGED SILVICULTURE, SOUTHERN STYLE

Data spanning 60 years on uneven-aged lolblolly-shortleaf pine stands in Arkansas show that two regulation methods have been successful in r egulating stand development. Key attributes of these methods are that regulation is more important than balance, basal area drives stand dev elopment, and regeneration is the first indicator of sustainability. M arking uneven-aged stands best kept simple: mark to cut the poorest tr ees and leave the best, regardless of target structure or method of re generation. To be successful in the long term, new methods of regulati ng uneven-aged and multiaged stands should share these attributes.