Journal
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 234-251Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2013.865782
Keywords
continuous cover forestry; net present value; lichen; precommercial thinning; forest management; reindeer winter pasture
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Funding
- EU FP7 project Advanced multifunctional management of European mountain forests (ARANGE)
- Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA)
- Swedish Forestry industry
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- Umea University
- Forestry Research Institute of Sweden
- Formas project PLURAL
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In northern Sweden, the forests are used simultaneously for both timber production and reindeer husbandry. During the winter months, lichen is the most important fodder for reindeer. Forest management operations are generally considered having a negative impact on reindeer husbandry as harvesting and dense stands remove or obscure the ground lichen cover. In this study, we simulate three different scenarios for forest management, differing in the intensity and types of harvest operations. The resulting 100-year scenarios are analyzed with respect to their estimated suitability for providing reindeer pasture areas. Suitability is determined by vegetation type, stand density and stand height. The results indicate that the current trend of a decrease in lichen area will continue if existing forestry practice prevails. Implementing continuous cover forestry as a management alternative and carrying out precommercial thinning could halt the decrease in reindeer pasture area and even lead to a future increase in pasture area, with losses of approximately 5% in the net present value of forestry.
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