MULTIAGED SYSTEMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES

Silviculturists must be able to assess and control levels of growing s tock for the specific structural objectives that arise from new social goals. In the central and southern Rockies, few if any forest types p articularly lend themselves to classic uneven-aged selection systems; instead, stand density index is a broad range of structural objectives , from even-aged to multiaged. Using this index to manage stands is re latively simple and therefore constitutes a practical alternative for unconventional multiaged systems.