Intensive, site-specific silviculture: Manipulating resource availability at establishment for improved stand productivity. A review of South African research

B du Toit, CW Smith, KM Little, G Boreham… - Forest Ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
An important window of opportunity to increase and sustain productivity in short-rotation
plantations is the period from felling through re-establishment to canopy closure. This paper …

The role of vegetation management for enhancing productivity of the world's forests

RG Wagner, KM Little, B Richardson, K Mcnabb - Forestry, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The management of competing vegetation has evolved with forest management over the
past half century and is now an integral part of modern forestry practice in many parts of the …

Towards reduced herbicide use in forest vegetation management

KM Little, I Willoughby, RG Wagner… - Southern African …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Mechanical, manual, thermal, biological and chemical methods of managing forest
vegetation have, to a large extent, been developed independently. The effectiveness and …

Long-term response to area of competition control in Eucalyptus globulus plantations

F Vargas, R Rubilar, CA Gonzalez-Benecke… - New Forests, 2018 - Springer
Numerous studies have quantified the responses to vegetation management in Eucalyptus
plantations but most publications have reported early responses in tree growth and a gap in …

[PDF][PDF] An integrated analysis of 33 Eucalyptus trials linking the onset of competition-induced tree growth suppression with management, physiographic and climatic …

KM Little, CA Rolando, CD Morris - Annals of forest science, 2007 - afs-journal.org
One of the greatest difficulties associated with controlling competitive vegetation during the
establishment of eucalypts relates to the timing and planning ofweeding'operations. This …

Eucalyptus grandis x E. camaldulensis variability and intra-genotypic competition as a function of different vegetation management treatments

KM Little, J Van Staden, GPY Clarke - New Forests, 2003 - Springer
Different vegetation management practices implemented during the establishment of a
Eucalyptus hybrid clone (GC304) in the coastal Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal, South …

Regional vegetation management standards for commercial Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa

KM Little, CA Rolando - Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
During the 1990s a number of trials were implemented in the summer-rainfall region of
South Africa to determine both the short-and long-term impacts of competing vegetation on …

Interspecific competition affects early growth of a Eucalyptus grandis x E. camaldulensis hybrid clone in Zululand, South Africa

KM Little, J Van Staden - South African journal of botany, 2003 - Elsevier
To determine the effects of the onset and development of vegetation competition on tree
performance, a Eucalyptus hybrid clone (GC304) was planted in a field trial in Zululand …

Rotation-end financial performance of vegetation control on Eucalyptus smithii in South Africa

KM Little, A Ahtikoski, AR Morris - Southern Forests: a Journal of …, 2018 - journals.co.za
Control of competing vegetation during eucalypt regeneration is important but the cost-
benefit of varying levels of control is not well understood. A trial was initiated to quantify the …

Regional vegetation management standards for commercial pine plantations in South Africa

CA Rolando, KM Little - Southern Forests, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
During the 1990s a number of trials were implemented in the summer rainfall region of
South Africa to determine both the short-and long-term impacts of competing vegetation on …