Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here?
Nothofagus pumilio forests in Tierra del Fuego are the southernmost forests in the world, where extreme climate conditions represent a challenge to attain sustainable forest management. Retention forestry was proposed as an alternative to increase the species conservation in managed stands. Here, we...
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Ingeniería Forestal Aggregate patches Dispersed retention Biodiversity conservation Long-term sustainability Timber production |
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Ingeniería Forestal Aggregate patches Dispersed retention Biodiversity conservation Long-term sustainability Timber production Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Rosas, Yamina Micaela Toro Manríquez, Mónica Huertas Herrera, Alejandro Miller, Juan Andrés Cellini, Juan Manuel Barrera, Marcelo Daniel Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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Ingeniería Forestal Aggregate patches Dispersed retention Biodiversity conservation Long-term sustainability Timber production |
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Nothofagus pumilio forests in Tierra del Fuego are the southernmost forests in the world, where extreme climate conditions represent a challenge to attain sustainable forest management. Retention forestry was proposed as an alternative to increase the species conservation in managed stands. Here, we synthetized results related to the implementation of a variable retention harvesting based on a combination of aggregate patches and dispersed retention during the last 18 years comparing with other silviculture proposals (e.g., shelterwood cuts) and control treatments (primary unmanaged forests). We summarized the results for (i) sawmill operations, (ii) timber yield, (iii) overstory stability, (iv) forest structure, (v) microclimate and natural cycles, (vi) natural regeneration dynamics (flowering, seeding, foraging, recruitment, growth, and mortality), and (vii) biodiversity (mammals, understory plants, mistletoes, birds, arthropods, mosses, lichens, and fungi). In general, aggregate patches maintained forest structure and micro-environmental variables, and slightly increased biodiversity and forest reproduction variables compared to unmanaged primary forests. On the contrary, dispersed retention decreased forest structure variables and greatly increased biodiversity (richness and abundance) when it was compared to unmanaged primary forests. Ecological conditions are influenced by variable retention harvesting, but direction and magnitude of the effect depend and differ according to retention types. Besides this, biodiversity taxa greatly differed among groups depending on retention types. In general, the species assemblages in aggregate patches were similar to those found in primary unmanaged forests, while they were significantly modified in the dispersed retention. This occurred due to (i) local extinction of some original species, (ii) the introduction of native species from the surrounding environments, or (iii) the invasion of exotic species. This silvicultural method has been a useful tool to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem functions, approaching to the balance between economy, ecology, and social requirements in the managed areas. |
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Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Rosas, Yamina Micaela Toro Manríquez, Mónica Huertas Herrera, Alejandro Miller, Juan Andrés Cellini, Juan Manuel Barrera, Marcelo Daniel Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa |
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Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Rosas, Yamina Micaela Toro Manríquez, Mónica Huertas Herrera, Alejandro Miller, Juan Andrés Cellini, Juan Manuel Barrera, Marcelo Daniel Peri, Pablo Luis Lencinas, María Vanessa |
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Martínez Pastur, Guillermo |
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Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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Knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in Tierra del Fuego: where do we go from here? |
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knowledge arising from long-term research of variable retention harvesting in tierra del fuego: where do we go from here? |
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2019 |
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http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/124435 |
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