Journal
FORESTRY CHRONICLE
Volume 89, Issue 3, Pages 350-359Publisher
CANADIAN INST FORESTRY
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2013-065
Keywords
partial harvest; biodiversity; retention; black spruce; boreal
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- National Science and Engineering Research Council
- Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies du Quebec
- Tembec Industries Inc.
- Nexfor
- Scierie Landrienne
- Eacom Timber Corporation
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Multi-cohort management that creates or maintains an uneven structure within forest stands has been widely advocated as a means to attenuate the impact of forest harvesting. An experimental network was put in place in black spruce forests of northwestern Quebec to test this assertion. Here we synthesize the biodiversity results in two main lessons: (1) at least 40% to 60% retention of pre-harvest basal area was required to maintain pre-harvest conditions for most species groups; (2) partial harvests showed the potential to be efficient deadwood delivery systems. In addition to these two main general conclusions, we emphasise that future research should examine whether partial harvest may be able to advance forest succession.
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