The Silvicultural Management System in temperate and boreal forests: A case history of the Hokkaido Tokyo University Forest
The Silvicultural Management System in temperate and boreal forests: A case history of the Hokkaido Tokyo University Forest
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温带和寒带森林的造林管理系统:北海道东京大学森林的案例历史
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1994
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S. Sasaki
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Sadamoto Watanabe;S. Sasaki
Forest managers need new approaches for maintaining high stand volumes while keeping forests continuously productive and economically profitable. The Silvicultural Management System (SMS) accomplishes these objectives by increasing large-sized trees for periodic harvest, and continuously maintaining stand volumes at their highest possible levels. This system takes advantage of the diversity in growth, vigor, and longevity of dominant trees from a wide range of tree species found in natural forest ecosystems. Under the SMS developed at the Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido, 13–17% of the stand volume is harvested at a cutting cycle of 8–10 years by removing the oldest mature trees. Residual stand volumes are maintained at about 70–80% of the levels found in natural old-growth stands. This removal of the oldest trees keeps the stands in a continuously healthy and productive state. The cutting level is planned to ensure a sufficient harvest to cover the construction costs of a necessary high-density forest...