scholarly journals Effect of long-term tending on qualitative and quantitative production in mixed stands of spruce, fir and beech on Motyky research plot

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 108-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Štefančík ◽  
L. Štefančík
Keyword(s):  
Stand Structure ◽  
Mixed Stands ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Altitudinal Zone ◽  
Control Dynamic ◽  
Crown Thinning ◽  
And Control

The paper is a contribution to research on thinnings in mixed (spruce-fir-beech) stands situated in the fifth forest altitudinal zone in the central part of Slovakia. Three plots were tended by free crown thinning while one plot was left without any planned silvicultural treatment (as a control). Dynamic changes in tree species composition, stand structure and quantitative production were evaluated for a period of 30 years. A special attention was paid to development of crop trees that are the main bearers of stand quality and quantity. The changes were compared with respect to differences between plots with long-term silvicultural treatments and control plot (without treatments).    

scholarly journals Assessment of long-term tending in mixed stands of spruce, fir and beech on research plot Korytnica

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 100-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Štefančík ◽  
L. Štefančík
Keyword(s):  
Stand Structure ◽  
Mixed Stands ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Control Dynamic ◽  
Crown Thinning

The paper deals with problems of thinnings in a mixed stand (spruce-fir-beech) situated in the sixth altitudinal forest zone. Three of the five investigated plots were tended by free crown thinning for a long time, and two were left without any planned silvicultural treatments as control. Dynamic changes in tree species composition, stand structure, qualitative and quantitative production were evaluated for a period of 30 years. The changes were compared with respect to differences between the plot with long-term silvicultural treatments and the control plots (without treatments).

scholarly journals Changes in tree species composition, stand structure, qualitative and quantitative production of mixed spruce, fir and beech stand on Stará Píla research plot

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 74-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Štefančík
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Silvicultural Treatment ◽  
Beech Stand ◽  
Altitudinal Zone ◽  
Crown Thinning

The paper is a contribution to the research on problems of thinnings in mixed (spruce-fir-beech) stands situated in the 5<sup>th</sup> forest altitudinal zone (beech with fir) in the central part of Slovakia. The research was carried out on two series of permanent research plots established in 1972. Each of the series consists of three partial plots where one plot was tended by free crown thinning in the framework of whole-area tending. On the second plot a non-whole-area tending was realised while the third ones were left without planned silvicultural treatment as controls. Dynamic changes in tree species composition, stand structure, qualitative and quantitative production including silvicultural analysis of seven thinning interventions were evaluated for a period of 29 years. A&nbsp;special attention was paid to development of future crop trees which are the main bearers of stand quality and quantity. The changes were compared with respect to differences between the plots with whole-area and non-whole-area long-term silvicultural treatment and the control plot (without treatments).

scholarly journals Stand Structure and Composition 32 Years after Precommercial Thinning Treatments in a Mixed Northern Conifer Stand in Central Maine

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron R. Weiskittel ◽  
Laura S. Kenefic ◽  
Rongxia Li ◽  
John Brissette
Keyword(s):  
Stand Structure ◽  
Abies Balsamea ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Mixed Species ◽  
Precommercial Thinning ◽  
Large Trees ◽  
Stand Attributes ◽  
And Control

Abstract The effects of four precommercial thinning (PCT) treatments on an even-aged northern conifer stand in Maine were investigated by examining stand structure and composition 32 years after treatment. Replicated treatments applied in 1976 included: (1) control (no PCT), (2) row thinning (rowthin; 5-ft-wide row removal with 3-ft-wide residual strips), (3) row thinning with crop tree release (rowthin+CTR; 5-ft-wide row removal with crop tree release at 8-ft intervals in 3-ft-wide residual strips), and (4) crop tree release (CTR; release of selected crop trees at 8×8-ft intervals). PCT plots had more large trees and fewer small trees than the control in 2008. There were no other significant differences between the rowthin and control. The rowthin+CTR and CTR treatments had lower total and hardwood basal area (BA) and higher merchantable conifer BA than the control. CTR also resulted in more red spruce (Picea rubens [Sarg.]) and less balsam fir (Abies balsamea [L.]) than the other treatments. Although stand structures for rowthin+CTR and CTR were similar, the percentage of spruce in CTR was greater. Although the less-intensive rowthin+CTR treatment may provide many of the same benefits as CTR, the latter would be the preferred treatment if increasing the spruce component of a stand is an objective. Overall, early thinning treatments were found to have long-term effects on key stand attributes, even more than 30 years after treatment in areas with mixed species composition and moderate site potential.

Effect of selective precommercial thinning on balsam fir stand yield and structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (06) ◽  
pp. 759-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Schneider ◽  
Jean Bégin ◽  
Alain Danet ◽  
René Doucet
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Balsam Fir ◽  
Precommercial Thinning ◽  
Thinning Intensity ◽  
Ecosystem Based Management ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
And Control ◽  
Stand Yield ◽  
Diameter Distributions

Silvicultural tools such as green retention harvesting and multiple variations of partial cut systems are being developed to implement ecosystem-based forest management. However, very little effort has been expended in developing silvicultural treatments for young stands. Results for a selective precommercial thinning (three thinning intensities and control) covering a 28-year period in a balsam fir-dominated stand are presented. Thinning did not significantly increase stand yield, nor change stand diameter diversity or distribution. Furthermore, diameter distributions and diversity of dead stems also did not differ significantly (P > 0.05) among thinning intensity. More important than intensity effects, statistical differences were found between initial stand densities. Low initial densities had greater yields and more diverse diameter distributions. Nevertheless, for low initial stand densities, light to moderate thinning seemed to increase yield, whereas moderate to heavy thinnings would be appropriate for high initial stand densities. Although selective precommercial thinning does not result in significant changes in stand structure, it could be used as a first step in increasing stand complexity within the context of ecosystem-based management.

Early responses of bats to alternative silvicultural treatments in wet eucalypt forests of Tasmania.

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley S Law ◽  
Peter R Law
Keyword(s):  
Base Line ◽  
Bat Activity ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Dispersed Retention ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
Logging Impacts ◽  
Eucalypt Forests ◽  
And Control ◽  
Clear Fell

Bats are sensitive to forest management and different silvicultural treatments are likely to impact on species in different ways. We compared the early responses of ultrasonic bat activity to alternative silvicultural treatments in the Warra Long-term Ecological Research Site, in the tall wet eucalypt forests of Tasmania. We sampled 45 sites and recorded 2424 bat passes early in the maternity season of 2008, which provides a base-line for future comparisons. Total bat activity differed little between the silvicultural treatments, but locations within treatments did influence activity. Pre-planned contrasts revealed significantly lower activity at the centre of clear-fell and dispersed retention coupes than control coupes. However, there was no detectable difference between the centre of aggregate retention and control coupes, indicating that this silvicultural treatment appears effective at ameliorating the impacts of logging on bat activity. However, the retained aggregates themselves, both in their centre and along the edge, were seldom used by bats. Activity on the coupe edge was similar to control treatments, and greater than the centre of clear-fell coupes, but not the other treatments. Individual bat taxa responded to treatments consistent with predictions from ecomorphology. We also compared species level activity at paired bat detectors on the ground and in the sub-canopy (20-37 m) along the nearby Tahune airwalk. Activity was 4.5 times greater in the sub-canopy compared to ground detectors set in openings within the understorey. Adjusting the ground activity by this factor in the tall forests of the control coupes suggests that the logging impacts on bat activity are considerably greater than those described above. However, this conclusion makes the assumption that all bats flying in the range of ground-based detectors within logged gaps and adjacent to retained trees are recorded and require no adjustment.

Long-term compositional dynamics of Acadian mixedwood stands under different silvicultural regimes

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1993-2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Olson ◽  
Robert G. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Abies Balsamea ◽  
Disturbance History ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Permanent Sample Plots ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Neighborhood Scale

Pathways of forest compositional dynamics over five decades (1953–2005) were reconstructed using measurements from permanent sample plots in a long-term silviculture experiment in a central Maine mixedwood forest. The objective of this study was to elucidate the dynamics of tree species composition at the sample plot level in relation to the initial composition when the experiment was established (1953–1957) and harvest disturbance history following a wide range of even-aged and uneven-aged silvicultural treatments. Cluster analysis revealed three groupings of sample plots based on pretreatment composition and harvest disturbance history, or nine subclusters (i.e., three harvest disturbance histories nested within each pretreatment composition). From 1953 to 2005, the silvicultural treatments generated an array of compositional outcomes at the plot level. Hardwood dominance increased following a history of heavy and infrequent harvests, while northern conifer dominance was maintained where harvests were lighter and more frequent. The importance of balsam fir ( Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) changed little across a range of harvest intensities. A ubiquitous decline in northern white-cedar ( Thuja occidentalis L.) was found among silvicultural treatments, suggesting that additional intervention may be needed to promote cedar recruitment. Plot-level compositional dynamics indicated that neighborhood-scale stand dynamics were associated with variability in harvest disturbance overlain on plot-to-plot variability in tree species composition at the time the experiment was established.

Suppressed, but Not Forgotten

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beat Meier ◽  
Anja König ◽  
Samuel Parak ◽  
Katharina Henke
Keyword(s):  
Memory Trace ◽  
Thought Suppression ◽  
Test Phase ◽  
Indirect Test ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Test Experiment ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cue Words ◽  
The Impact

This study investigates the impact of thought suppression over a 1-week interval. In two experiments with 80 university students each, we used the think/no-think paradigm in which participants initially learn a list of word pairs (cue-target associations). Then they were presented with some of the cue words again and should either respond with the target word or avoid thinking about it. In the final test phase, their memory for the initially learned cue-target pairs was tested. In Experiment 1, type of memory test was manipulated (i.e., direct vs. indirect). In Experiment 2, type of no-think instructions was manipulated (i.e., suppress vs. substitute). Overall, our results showed poorer memory for no-think and control items compared to think items across all experiments and conditions. Critically, however, more no-think than control items were remembered after the 1-week interval in the direct, but not in the indirect test (Experiment 1) and with thought suppression, but not thought substitution instructions (Experiment 2). We suggest that during thought suppression a brief reactivation of the learned association may lead to reconsolidation of the memory trace and hence to better retrieval of suppressed than control items in the long term.

Strengthening of occupational health promotion by the German Prevention Health Care Act

2019 ◽  
pp. 188-190
Author(s):  
Diana Hart
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Occupational Health Promotion ◽  
And Control

All countries are faced with the problem of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD): implement prevention strategies eff ectively, keep up the momentum with long term benefi ts at the individual and the population level, at the same time tackling hea lth inequalities. Th e aff ordability of therapy and care including innovative therapies is going to be one of the key public health priorities in the years to come. Germany has taken in the prevention and control of NCDs. Germany’s health system has a long history of guaranteeing access to high-quality treatment through universal health care coverage. Th r ough their membership people are entitled to prevention and care services maintaining and restoring their health as well as long term follow-up. Like in many other countries general life expectancy has been increasing steadily in Germany. Currently, the average life expectancy is 83 and 79 years in women and men, respectively. Th e other side of the coin is that population aging is strongly associated with a growing burden of disease from NCDs. Already over 70 percent of all deaths in Germany are caused by four disease entities: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes. Th ese diseases all share four common risk factors: smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity and overweight. At the same time, more and more people become long term survivors of disease due to improved therapy and care. Th e German Government and public health decision makers are aware of the need for action and have responded by initiating and implementing a wide spectrum of activities. One instrument by strengthening primary prevention is the Prevention Health Care Act. Its overarching aim is to prevent NCDs before they can manifest themselves by strengthening primary prevention and health promotion in diff erent sett ings. One of the main emphasis of the Prevention Health Care Act is the occupational health promotion at the workplace.

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