Forest Mensuration: Silviculture deals with raising of forest crops, forest mensuration deals with measurement of diameter and heights of crop so produced, calculation of its volume, age, etc., for sale and research to decide the best treatment to be given to the crop while it is being raised.

Forest Utilization: Silviculture deals with cultivation of forest crops, forest utilization is concerned with the harvesting and disposal of crops so produced

Forest Economics: Silviculture deals with cultivation of forest crops, forest economics works out the cost of production including rental of land and compound interest on capital spent in raising the crop. It compares the cost of production by different methods and then decide the most profitable method of raising that crop.

Forest Management: It manages forest crops according to the dictates of the policy and prescribes the time and place where the silvicultural techniques and operations are carried out to attain the goal of management.

Forest Protection: A knowledge of the injuries caused to forests by the local human and animal population, both domestic and wild, insects, fungi and other adverse climatic factors and preventive and remedial measures to counteract them, whereas silviculture is concerned with raising forest crops

Forest Ecology: It is concerned with forest ecosystem. It deals with different species of flora and fauna, whereas silviculture deals with their cultivation and maximization of their production.