FOREST ECOLOGY
FOREST MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Which of the following cutting techniques eliminates less valuable trees by harvesting or thinning trees of poor quality?
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Pre-commercial thinning
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Improvement cutting
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Pulpwood cuts
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Release cuts
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Selective Cutting? Selective logging (or cutting) is a timber-harvesting method to fell the chosen trees. The method implies removing only the best timber and leaving the rest in the stand, this is why selective cutting has higher productivity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clearcutting reduces biodiversity. Because clearcutting indiscriminately destroys entire areas, plant loss and destruction of animal habitat is unavoidable.
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