INVESTIGADORES
MARTINEZ PASTUR Guillermo Jose
artículos
Título:
Retention forestry to maintain multifunctional forests: a World perspective
Autor/es:
L GUSTAFSSON; S BAKER; J BAUHUS; W BEESE; A BRODIE; J KOUKI; D LINDENMAYER; A LOHMUS; G MARTINEZ PASTUR; CH MESSIER; M NEYLAND; B PALIK; A SVERDRUP-THYGESON; J VOLNEY; A WAYNE; J FRANKLIN
Revista:
BIOSCIENCE
Editorial:
AMER INST BIOLOGICAL SCI
Referencias:
Año: 2012 vol. 62 p. 633 - 645
ISSN:
0006-3568
Resumen:
The majority of the world’s forests are used for multiple purposes, which often include potentially conflicting goals of timber production and biodiversity conservation. A scientifically-validated management approach that can reduce such conflicts is ”retention forestry,” an approach modeled on natural processes, emerged worldwide during the last 25 years as an alternative to clearcutting. A portion of the original stand is left unlogged to provide for continuity of structural and compositional diversity. We detail the ecological role, review current practices and summarize the large research base. Retention forestry is applicable to all forest biomes, complements conservation in reserves, and represents bottom-up conservation through forest manager involvement. A research challenge is to identify thresholds for retention amounts to achieve desired outcomes. We define key issues for future development linking retention forestry with land zoning allocation at various spatial and temporal scales, expanding its uses to forest restoration and management of uneven-aged forests.