Titre du document / Document title
Using soil quality indicators to assess forest stand management
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
BURGER J. A. (1) ;
KELTING D. L. (1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 228 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0324, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
A general goal of the forestry sector in many countries is developing and applying best management practices that will result in sustainable forestry. Maintaining soil productivity is a criterion in most sustainability initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to outline the steps and rationale of a monitoring approach, using soil-based indicators as an example, to assess stand-level sustainability of intensively managed forests. The monitoring process, described here, includes steps that establish the proper inference space, identify soil functions, attributes, and indicators, combine indicator responses in a soil quality model, establish baseline conditions for comparing soil change, validate relationships between indicators and soil productivity, and implement a sampling scheme to measure indicators, analyze trends, and interpret change for adapting Sustainable Forestry Practises (SFPs) to maximize their effectiveness. This monitoring process is proposed as a method for SFP research and development that will lead to sustainable forest management at the unit level.
Revue / Journal Title
Forest ecology and management
ISSN
0378-1127
CODEN FECMDW
Source / Source
Congrès
IEA Bioenergy Task Workshop N
o12, Eddleston
, ROYAUME-UNI
(20/09/1997)
1999, vol. 122, n
o 1-2 (198 p.) (20 ref.), pp. 155-166
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Elsevier, Kidlington, ROYAUME-UNI
(1976)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 17223, 35400008933740.0120
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 1901911
