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Which silvicultural practices can be done to promote forests that are resistant and resilient to the effects of changing climate?

Last Updated: May 15, 2011

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1. Thin to avoid overstocking, which can increase mortality from drought, insects, disease, and wildfire.
2. Provide structural features at stand and landscape scales to meet the varying habitat requirements of plants and animals.
3. Use vegetative buffers to mitigate effects of harvest on stream and riparian microclimates and habitat.
4. Following disturbance, manage for prompt revegetation with adapted plant communities.
5. Promote development of mixed-species forests.
6. Maintain a balance of age classes, from regeneration to old-growth, at the landscape scale.

Adapted by Tom DeGomez from a PowerPoint presentation by: Anderson, P. and D. Chmura. Silvicultural Approaches for Adapting Forests to Climate Change. Task Force on Adapting Forests to Climate Change (TAFCC)

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