The Percy Stubbs, John Bolton King and Edward Garfitt Prize for Silviculture (The Silvicultural Prize) is awarded annually by the Institute to the author(s) of the paper which, in the opinion of the Editors, best meets the criteria set down by the anonymous donor of the Prize Fund.
The winning papers from the past ten years are available to view below.
2014
A. K. Bose, B. D. Harvey, S. Brais, M. Beaudet and A. Leduc
Constraints to partial cutting in the boreal forest of Canada in the context of natural disturbance-based management: a review, Forestry (2014) 87 (1): 11-28.
2013
S. Mitchell
Wind as a natural disturbance agent in forests: a synthesis, Forestry (2013) 86 (2): 147-157
2012
W. L. Mason, H. M. McKay, A. Weatherall, T. Connolly, and A. J. Harrison
The effects of whole-tree harvesting on three sites in upland Britain on the growth of Sitka spruce over ten years, Forestry (2012) 85(1): 111-123
2011
B. Gardiner
Models for predicting wood density of British-grown Sitka spruce, Forestry 2011 84 (2): 119-132
2010
J Walmsley and D Godbold
Stump Harvesting for Bioenergy – A Review of the Environmental Impacts, Forestry 2010 83 (1): 17-38
2009
A. Achim and B. C. Nicoll
Modelling the anchorage of shallow-rooted trees, Forestry 2009 82 (3): 273-284
2008
J. P. Skovsgaard and J. K. Vanclay
Forest site productivity: a review of the evolution of dendrometric concepts for even-aged stands, Forestry 2008 81 (1): 13-31
2007
R. M. Pittman
Wood ash use in forestry – a review of the environmental impacts, Forestry 2006 79 (5): 563-588
2006
P. Balandier, C. Collet, J. H. Miller, P. E. Reynolds, and S. M. Zedaker
Designing forest vegetation management strategies based on the mechanisms and dynamics of crop tree competition by neighbouring vegetation, Forestry 2006 79(1): 3-27
2005
M. S. J. Broadmeadow, D. Ray, and C. J. A. Samuel
Climate change and the future for broadleaved tree species in Britain, Forestry 2005 78:145-161
2004
K.J. Hargreaves, R. Milne, and M.G.R. Cannell
Carbon balance of afforested peatland in Scotland, Forestry 2003 76: 299-317
2003
E. Macdonald and J. Hubert
A review of the effects of silviculture on timber quality of Sitka spruce, Forestry 2002 75: 107-138
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