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Concept: Selection Cutting in the eagle vocabulary
| Concept URI | https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCH-selection-cutting |
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| Preferred label | Selection Cutting |
| Definition | With the selection logging method (de: Plenterwald), not all trees of a parcel are felled at once, but only a number of selected trees that are chosen to be already in the right mature condition for harvesting. Some other trees are left standing either because they have not yet any value for logging or for further growth. This harvesting method is connected with long rotation forestry. Decisions on the felling or keeping of trees are made not only based on their maturity and timber value but also based on the characteristics and ecological processes inherent to the stand site (nature-oriented forestry). The selection cutting is system is seen to be a very sustainable form of forestry, where felling of trees, rejuvenation and regrowth throughout different age classes and mixed species is in an equilibrium, which ensures a continuous forest cover. However, if selection logging is applied continuously intensive beyond any sustainable rationale, selection logging leads to forest degradation, where natural succession can´t keep up due to ecological conditions. |
| Notation | LCH-selection-cutting |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2023-11-29 |
| Accepted Date | 2023-11-29 |
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