The role of vegetation management for enhancing productivity of the world's forests
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The management of competing vegetation has evolved with forest management over the past half century and is now an integral part of modern forestry practice in many parts of the world as discussed by the authors, which has proven especially important in the establishment of high-yield forest plantations.Abstract:
The management of competing vegetation has evolved with forest management over the past half century and is now an integral part of modern forestry practice in many parts of the world. Vegetation management, primarily using herbicides, has proven especially important in the establishment of high-yield forest plantations. There has been a substantial amount of research quantifying the wood yield gains from the management of competing vegetation over the past few decades. We reviewed results from 60 of the longest-term studies in North America (Canada and US), South Africa, South America (Brazil) and New Zealand/Australia. About three-quarters of the studies reported 30-500 per cent increases in wood volume from the most effective vegetation treatments. In North America, where the longest-term studies for a variety of tree species were between 10 and 35 years old (or from 20-100 per cent of rotation age), gains in wood volume ranged from 4-11 800 per cent in Pacific north-western forests, 14-5840 per cent in the south-eastern forests, and 49-5478 per cent in northern forests. In South Africa and South America (Brazil), several full-rotation (6-8 years) studies with eucalyptus indicate 29-122 per cent and 10-179 per cent increases in wood volume yield, respectively, from effective vegetation management. In New Zealand, time gains of 1 to 4 years from early vegetation control in radiata pine plantations translated into 7-27 per cent increases in wood volume yield over a 25- to 30-year rotation.read more
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