Forestry projections for species diversity-oriented management: an example from Central Europe

Toraño Caicoya, Astor; Biber, Peter; Poschenrieder, Werner; Schwaiger, Fabian; Pretzsch, Hans

doi:10.1186/s13717-018-0135-7

Ecological Processes

Table 5 Thinning specifications, multifunctional scenario. Con. stands for coniferous and dec. for decideous

From: Forestry projections for species diversity-oriented management: an example from Central Europe

Stand type	Phase	Starts at top height [m]	Species	Operation	Frequency	Number of future crop trees	Number of competitors	Target diameter	% of targeted removed per intervention	Maximum Volume removed per intervention [Vfm ha⁻¹]
Coniferous	Precommercial	0	Coniferous	Removal of coniferous^a	5					25
			Broadleaved	Removal of coniferous^a	5	1000	All within			25
			Broadleaved	Removal of coniferous^a	5	1000	10 m radius			25
		12	Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	100	1 around con			55
			Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	150^b	2 around dec			55
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	100	1 around con			55
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	100	2 around dec			55
		25	Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	150	1 around con			140
			Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	200^b	2 around dec			140
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	100	1 around con			140
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	100	2 around dec			140
	Harvest	32	Coniferous	Target diameter felling	5	100 con	1	45 con	30	80
			Coniferous	Target diameter felling	5	50 dec	1	65 dec	30	80
			Broadleaved	Target diameter felling	5	100 con	1	45 con	30	80
			Broadleaved	Target diameter felling	5	50 dec	1	65 dec	30	80
Broadleaved	Precommercial	12	Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	100	3 around con			30
			Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	150^b	2 around dec			30
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	150	3 around con			30
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	150	2 around dec			30
		17	Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	200	1			70
			Coniferous	Selective clearing	5	150^b	1			70
			Broadleaved	Selective clearing	5	100	1			70
	Harvest	30	Coniferous	Target diameter felling	5	100		45	20	80
			Broadleaved	Target diameter felling	5	50		65	20	80
			Broadleaved	Target diameter felling	5	60^c		65	20	80
Oak	Precommercial	12	Coniferous	Thinning from above	5					30, 70^d
	Precommercial	12	Broadleaved	Thinning from above	5					30, 70^d
	Harvest	30	Coniferous	Target diameter felling	5			30	100	500
			Broadleaved	Target diameter felling	5			30	100	500
			Oak	Target diameter felling	5	60	All within	65	100	500

^aThrough selection of 1000 broadleaved future crop trees per hectares and removal of all competitors within 10 m radius
^bPine, larch
^cOak
^dStarting from 17 m

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