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Should the wind disturbance patterns observed in natural forests be mimicked in planted forests in the British uplands?

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Should the wind disturbance patterns observed in natural forests be mimicked in planted forests in the British uplands?

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CP Quine, JW Humphrey and R FerrisA1 Forest Research, Northern Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9SY, UK A1 Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4LH, UK Recent developments in UK forestry policy require the adoption of management practices that maintain and improve the biodiversity of managed forests. One approach is to use natural disturbance in unmanaged forests as a template for setting the scale, frequency and pattern of forest operations in managed forests. This review considers the relevance of this approach for conifer plantations in upland Britain. The dynamics of British planted forests are compared with the disturbance dynamics of analogous natural forests with particular reference to disturbance by strong winds. Western hemlock-Sitka spruce (Tsuga heterophylla-Picea sitchensis forests in the Pacific North-west of North America and particularly South-east Alaska provide the most promising comparison. There are few reports on disturbance in these for

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