Effect of forest management on tree diversity in temperate ecosystem forests in northern Mexico.

ABSTRACT: An important challenge for silvicultural practices is the conservation of tree diversity while fulfilling the traditional objectives of forest management, most notably timber harvesting. The purpose of this study was to compare the tree diversity before and after the application of silvicultural treatments in a temperate forest in northern Mexico. Fifteen experimental plots, each measuring 2500 m2, were established to evaluate the immediate effect of four silvicultural treatments. These treatments were identified by their levels of management: intensive (clearcut, removal 100%), semi-intensive (removal of 59-61% of basal area), conservative (removal of 29-31% of basal area), and a control group. New forest guidelines, in contrast to conventional approaches, were applied to the semi-intensi

SUBMITTER: Monarrez-Gonzalez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7233576 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature