Application of the Conservation Planning Tool Zonation to Inform Retention Planning in the Boreal Forest of Western Canada

Retention forestry is an approach in which live trees and other components of forest structure are retained within harvested areas. A primary objective of retention forestry is to maintain biodiversity and to hasten post-harvest recovery of forest structure and function. Retention is now a key eleme...

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Main Authors: François-Nicolas Robinne, J. John Stadt, Christopher W. Bater, Charles A. Nock, S. Ellen Macdonald, Scott E. Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.584291/full