Deal, Robert L. and Orlikowska, Ewa and D’Amore, David V. and Hennon, Paul E.
(2017).
Red Alder-Conifer Stands in Alaska: An Example of Mixed Species Management to Enhance Structural and Biological Complexity.
Forests. 8
, 1-25
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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f8040131
Abstract
There is worldwide interest in managing forests to improve biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and assure long-term sustainability of forest resources. An increasingly important goal of forest management is to increase stand diversity and improve wildlife and aquatic habitat. Well-planned silvicultural systems containing a mixture of broadleaf-conifer species have potential to enhance stand diversity and provide other ecosystem services earlier than typical even-aged conifer plantations. Here, we use the example of mixed Sitka spruce/western hemlock and red alder in young, managed stands in southeast Alaska to achieve these goals. We briefly describe the silvics of Sitka spruce, western hemlock and red alder plantations as pure conifer stands or pure broadleaf stands. Then, we synthesize studies of mixed red alder-Sitka spruce/western hemlock stands in southeast Alaska and present their potential for improving stand structural complexity, biodiversity and other ecosystem services over pure conifer forests. Finally, we discuss some of the opportunities and potential tradeoffs for managing mixed broadleaf-conifer stands for providing a number of natural resources and the influence of these broadleaf-conifer forests on ecosystem linkages and processes.
Authors/Creators: | Deal, Robert L. and Orlikowska, Ewa and D’Amore, David V. and Hennon, Paul E. | ||||||
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Title: | Red Alder-Conifer Stands in Alaska: An Example of Mixed Species Management to Enhance Structural and Biological Complexity | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Forests | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||||
Volume: | 8 | ||||||
Page range: | 1-25 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 25 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1999-4907 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Agris subject categories.: | K Forestry > K01 Forestry - General aspects | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Forest Science | ||||||
Agrovoc terms: | forest management, biodiversity, sustainable forestry | ||||||
Keywords: | conifer plantations, broadleaf-conifer stands, ecosystem services, forest management, Alaska | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4606 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4606 | ||||||
Additional ID: |
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ID Code: | 14910 | ||||||
Faculty: | S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||||
Department: | (S) > School for Forest Management | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 11 Jan 2018 07:30 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2018 11:39 |
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