silvicultural
- adjective
- /ˌsɪl.vɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/
- Specialized
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silvicultural
- The researchers implemented innovative silvicultural practices to enhance forest health and sustainability.
- silvicultural treatment
- silvicultural system
- silvicultural tactics
Examples
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Predicting the effects of silvicultural choices on regeneration has been difficult with the tools available to foresters.
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In some forest types, silvicultural prescriptions may also preferentially reduce the abundance of certain species.
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After the study began, two silvicultural operations were conducted on the entire research site.
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Many of these agricultural practices are already used in common silvicultural applications.
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The information is valuable in developing conservation policies and serving as a control for silvicultural research.
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Where these measures are ineffective, a silvicultural land use is normally presumed necessary.
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The 1992 forestry law, in contrast, devolved silvicultural management to the marketplace.
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The economic and silvicultural biases are against the restoration of upland hardwoods.
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Another challenge facing the implementation of large-scale, multisite silvicultural research is that not all regions of the United States have equally viable timber industries.
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Finally, we illustrate how we applied these concepts as part of a new era of long-term silvicultural studies with two examples where this process has been implemented.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
About the study and work of caring for large areas of trees
How Forestry-Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
silvicultural = silviculture (semi-transparent) = silvi + culture + al
The adjective is formed regularly from the technical noun 'silviculture' with -al, so the meaning 'relating to silviculture' is straightforward once the base is known.
Etymology
Silvicultural comes from the Latin silva 'forest' and comes from the same root as the English word sylvan, which means 'of the woods'. So, silvicultural means 'relating to growing and caring for forests'.