Silviculture's Role in Managing Boreal Forests
Boreal forests, which are often undeveloped, are a major source of raw materials for many countries. They are circumpolar in extent and occupy a belt to a width of 1000 km in certain regions. Various conifer and hardwood species ranging from true firs to poplars grow in boreal forests. These species...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e018dc4ae44343d196a71898de3802a2 2023-05-15T18:28:16+02:00 Silviculture's Role in Managing Boreal Forests Russell T. Graham Theresa B. Jain 1998-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00053-020208 https://doaj.org/article/e018dc4ae44343d196a71898de3802a2 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol2/iss2/art8/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-00053-020208 https://doaj.org/article/e018dc4ae44343d196a71898de3802a2 Ecology and Society, Vol 2, Iss 2, p 8 (1998) boreal forest even-aged stands forest composition forest management forest structure global timber markets silvicultural systems subarctic uneven-aged stands Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 1998 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-00053-020208 2022-12-31T13:13:42Z Boreal forests, which are often undeveloped, are a major source of raw materials for many countries. They are circumpolar in extent and occupy a belt to a width of 1000 km in certain regions. Various conifer and hardwood species ranging from true firs to poplars grow in boreal forests. These species exhibit a wide range of shade tolerance and growth characteristics, and occupy different successional positions. The climate is subarctic, with short growing seasons, and the soils are shallow. Both wildfires and timber harvesting play an important role in shaping the structure and composition of boreal forests. Both uneven-aged and even-aged silvicultural systems can be used to produce commercial harvests, but systems can also be designed to meet a variety of other forest management objectives. Wildlife habitat maintenance, water production or conservation, and fire hazard reduction are only some of the objectives for which silvicultural systems can be designed. Coarse wood debris, snags, shrubs, canopy layers, and species composition are examples of forest attributes that can be managed using silvicultural systems. Systems can be designed to sustain predator habitat, yet provide a continual production of wood products. Uneven-aged systems tend to favor the regeneration and development of shade-tolerant species, whereas even-aged systems tend to favor shade-intolerant species. These systems and all of their permutations can create and maintain a suite of different stand compositions and structures that can be used to meet a wide variety of management objectives. Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Conservation Ecology 2 2 |
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Boreal forests, which are often undeveloped, are a major source of raw materials for many countries. They are circumpolar in extent and occupy a belt to a width of 1000 km in certain regions. Various conifer and hardwood species ranging from true firs to poplars grow in boreal forests. These species exhibit a wide range of shade tolerance and growth characteristics, and occupy different successional positions. The climate is subarctic, with short growing seasons, and the soils are shallow. Both wildfires and timber harvesting play an important role in shaping the structure and composition of boreal forests. Both uneven-aged and even-aged silvicultural systems can be used to produce commercial harvests, but systems can also be designed to meet a variety of other forest management objectives. Wildlife habitat maintenance, water production or conservation, and fire hazard reduction are only some of the objectives for which silvicultural systems can be designed. Coarse wood debris, snags, shrubs, canopy layers, and species composition are examples of forest attributes that can be managed using silvicultural systems. Systems can be designed to sustain predator habitat, yet provide a continual production of wood products. Uneven-aged systems tend to favor the regeneration and development of shade-tolerant species, whereas even-aged systems tend to favor shade-intolerant species. These systems and all of their permutations can create and maintain a suite of different stand compositions and structures that can be used to meet a wide variety of management objectives. |
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Silviculture's Role in Managing Boreal Forests |
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