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Experimental Approaches to Joint Forest Production

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Compatible Forest Management

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 8))

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This chapter examines large-scale management experiments in joint production of forest resources. This is a somewhat limited body of knowledge, mostly because the emphasis on joint production of multiple products and values from the forest is so recent (Stevens and Montgomery 2002). Large-scale management experiments emphasize joint production and alternatives to clearcutting, therefore they lie at the heart of compatible forest management. Scale becomes an issue because compatibility is easier to reach at larger scales, such as the watershed or the landscape (Haynes and Monserud 2002). Classical experimentation (using randomization, replication, and controls) in ecological management, at scales as large as a landscape is nearly impossible because of logistical and administrative problems (Carpenter 1998, Monserud 2002). Therefore, I begin at the scale of the forest stand, the unit of forest management, and then move on to the watershed scale.

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Monserud, R.A. (2003). Experimental Approaches to Joint Forest Production. In: Monserud, R.A., Haynes, R.W., Johnson, A.C. (eds) Compatible Forest Management. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0309-3_5

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