Ecosystem Responses to Partial Harvesting in Eastern Boreal Mixedwood Stands

Partial harvesting has been proposed as a key aspect to implementing ecosystem management in the Canadian boreal forest. We report on a replicated experiment located in boreal mixedwoods of Northwestern Quebec. In the winter of 2000-2001, two partial harvesting treatments, one using a dispersed pattern, and a second, which created a (400 m 2 ) gap pattern, were applied to a 90-year-old aspen-dominated mixed stand. The design also included a clear cut and a control. Over the course of the following eight years, live tree, coarse woody debris, regeneration and ground beetles were inventoried at variable intervals. Our results indicate that all harvesting treatments created conditions

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Forests

• Publication date

  2013-05-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/F4020364
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