The stand concept in today's forest resource management
- P. Coppin
- N. Lust
Abstract
The stand as the inescapable management unit is commonly defined for certain characteristics such as cover type, ecological site type (or its components), and proposed use. Examples thereof are given in this paper. Confusion arises, however, when people use one characteristic, and then they themselves or others assume that different or additional characteristics apply. This also happens when the same land parcel is part of several stands because divergent criteria are used, for example in a tropical environment, logging suitability versus species composition. The stand must therefore be viewed as dynamic, whereby change may occur in the temporal as well as in the spatial domain, incorporating new, or integrating a series of previously competing management objectives. Better resource management will also result when stands are delineated according to inherent physical properties, intrinsic biological potential, and current vegetation status (species, age, etc.). Some difficulties preventing this at present are described.
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Coppin, P. & Lust, N., (1994) “The stand concept in today's forest resource management”, Silva Gandavensis 59. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/sg.v59i0.871
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