GEOG 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Tree Care, Management System, Selective Breeding
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Involves the systematic testing of different management approaches and aiming to improve methods over time with feedback. Entails monitoring the results of one practice and continually adjusting as needed, based on retrieved data. Issues: time consuming, due to its relatively newness must overcome initial resistance to change. Adaptive management has become a guiding principle in forest management in canada, mainly in b. c. West arm demonstration forest experiment designed to study a broad range of forest values and to evaluate effectiveness and impacts of several new forest management approaches. The donna creek biodiversity project which tested whether maintenance of tall stumps and small residual tree islands benefits cavity using animals in clear-cuts. The grizzly bear habitat project which was designed to assist in the development of forestry management systems to maintain grizzly habitat while at the same time producing lumber. Case study: reforestation in costa rica (the flight of bird)