Addressing soil protection concerns in forest ecosystem management under climate change

Forest Ecosystems

Table 1 Stand-level forest management models - species composition, initial tree densities and silviculture model over one rotation

sFMM	Species	Density (trees·ha^− 1)	Management options	Age (years)
1	Pinus pinaster Ait. (73%)	1606	Thinning	35
			Harvest of all pine trees	45
	Eucalyptus globulus Labill (27%)	378	Coppice harvest	11
			Coppice harvest	22
			Harvest of all eucalypt trees	33
2	Eucalyptus globulus Labill (67%)	938	Coppice harvest	11
			Coppice harvest	22
			Harvest of all eucalypt trees	33
	Pinus pinaster Ait. (33%)	726	Thinning	35
			Harvest of all pine trees	45
3	Castanea sativa Mill.	1250	Thinning	According to site index^a
3			Clearcut	50
4	Eucalyptus globulus Labill	1400	Coppice harvest	11
			Coppice harvest	22
			Clearcut	33
5	Pinus pinaster Ait.	1100	Pre-commercial thinning	15
			Thinning	25 and 35
			Clearcut	40
6	Quercus robur L.	1600	Debranching	23
			Thinning	25–31, 35–40 and 43–47
			Clearcut	60
7	Quercus suber L.	1600	Thinning	15, 30, 40, 58, 76

^aFor site indexes 1, 3 and 5, respectively: none, at 30 and 40, or at 15, 25 and 35 years of age