FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Selective cutting differs from clear cutting in that selective cutting:
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Increases surface runoff and erosion
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Only removes a few trees
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Takes out all the trees
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Reduces the risk of forest fires
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Selective logging is a more ecologically sustainable practice than clear-cutting, which entails removing all trees at the same time. The idea behind selective logging is to maintain an uneven or all-aged forest of trees varying not only in age, but in size and species as well.
Detailed explanation-2: -Selection cutting is a harvesting method designed to create an uneven-aged or all-aged stand structure by harvesting single trees or small groups of trees.
Detailed explanation-3: -Selective logging is the removal of selected trees within a forest based on criteria such as diameter, height or species. Remaining trees are left in the stand, as opposed to clearcutting where all trees are felled.
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