GEOG 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Salvage Logging, Adaptive Management, Water Cycle
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Fueling fires, christmas tree, furniture, rubber trees, medicinal/herbal products. Salvage logging: removal of dead trees (snags )after a fire to prevent future fires, and to sell/harvest. Some organisms live in the canopy (leaves, fruits) and others on the subcanopies (the bark) Dead or dying trees (snags) are still valuable to some insects, which are eaten by other birds. The undestroyed or the floor also supports many plants which provide habitats for more organisms and also support fungal growth and other microbes. The edge and core forest have different habitats. Help regulate hydrologic cycle (beneficial for photosynthesis) Designated function of world"s forest (2010: 30% production (timber and other forest product, 24% multiple uses, 16% unknown, 12% conservation (protection of biodiversity, soil and water, 8% protsction, 7% other, 4% social service. To be renewable forest has to be managed sustainably. Planting one tree for every tree that is cut. With each cutting, forest ecosystems are simplified (less biodiversity)
