Application of Mexican Management Method for Unevenaged Forests (MMOBI) to natural mixed stands in Asturias (northern Spain)
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in the state of Durango (Mexico). The silviculture system applied in the MMOBI is based on selective logging aimed at yielding a reverse “J-shaped” distribution.
The objective of the present study was to analyze the application of the MMOBI to natural mixed stands in Asturias (northern Spain). These stands are represented in strata numbers 4 and 9, defined in the third Spanish National Forest Survey, composed mainly of deciduous hardwoods.
The observed diameter distributions and the ideal diameter distributions obtained by the MMOBI for each genus were estimated. The percentage of felling intensity (IC%) was generally low in stratum 4, and was less than 20% for most genera except Fraxinus and Acer, for which IC > 50%. In stratum 9, IC% was generally higher than in stratum 4, although also low to intermediate, except for the genus Tilia (IC > 50%), whose trees are part of what commonly called Green Tree Retention.
The MMOBI is presented as an alternative forest management method in protective stands in this region.
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