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A meta-analysis found that mixed species plantations would increase carbon storage alongside other benefits of diversifying planted forests. [66] Although a bamboo forest stores less total carbon than a mature forest of trees, a bamboo plantation sequesters carbon at a much faster rate than a mature forest or a tree plantation. Therefore, the ...
Trees are cut down for use as building material, timber or sold as fuel (sometimes in the form of charcoal or timber), while cleared land is used as pasture for livestock and agricultural crops. The vast majority of agricultural activity resulting in deforestation is subsidized by government tax revenue . [ 89 ]
Clear-cutting: This is the practice of cutting down all of the trees in an area. Clear-cutting is often used to create large areas of land for agriculture or development. Selective cutting: This is the practice of cutting down only certain trees, such as those that are mature or diseased. Selective cutting is often used to manage forests and ...
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Radial annual growth is an integrative index of tree physiological response to environmental variation. Working with Norway spruce , which can be expected to behave in some respects similarly to white spruce, Misson et al. [ 1 ] showed that a reduction in stand density alters the classical climate–growth relationship.
Tree felling: The selected trees are cut down using chainsaws, harvesters, or other mechanized equipment. The felled trees are then prepared for further processing. Timber extraction: Once the trees are felled, loggers extract the timber from the forest by removing branches and cutting the tree trunks into logs of appropriate sizes for transport.
The planting of trees on marginal crop and pasture lands helps to incorporate carbon from atmospheric CO 2 into biomass. [39] [40] For this carbon sequestration process to succeed the carbon must not return to the atmosphere from biomass burning or rotting when the trees die. [41] To this end, land allotted to the trees must not be converted to ...
A shelterwood establishment cut in an eastern white pine stand in Maine. Shelterwood cutting removes part of the old forest stand to allow for a natural establishment of seedlings under the cover of the remaining trees. [1] Initial cuttings give just enough light to allow for the regeneration of desired species. Subsequent cuttings give the new ...