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VARIABLE RETENTION HARVEST SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

An approach to harvesting based on the retention of structural elements or biological legacies (trees, snags, logs, etc.) from the harvested stand for integration into the new stand to achieve various ecological objectives.

OBS

The major variables in the variable retention harvest system are types, densities, and spatial arrangement of retained structures ...

Key term(s)
  • variable-retention harvest system
  • variable-retention system
  • variable-retention silvicultural system
  • variable-retention harvesting system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Mode de récolte qui se base sur la rétention d'éléments structuraux ou de legs biologiques (arbres, chicots, grumes, etc.) du peuplement récolté, qui seront intégrés au nouveau peuplement pour réaliser divers objectifs de nature écologique

Spanish

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