Maintaining attributes of old-growth forests in coastal B.C. through variable retention

By W. Beese, B. G. Dunsworth, K. Zielke, B. Bancroft. 2003

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Silviculture for old-growth attributes (2009, background): “The density and spatial arrangement of retained structures have a variety of other implications for forestry operations and ecosystem development (Table 2; see also Franklin et al., 1997; Beese et al., 2003).”
Variable-retention harvests in the Pacific Northwest: A review of short-term findings from the DEMO study (2009, unknown): “Although we consider many forest attributes, we focus on the responses of organisms associated with late-seral forests (e.g., Ruggiero et al., 1991; Halpern and Spies, 1995), as their persistence has been the primary objective of variable-retention harvests in the PNW (USDA and USDI, 1994; Beese et ”
A major shift to the retention approach for forestry can help resolve some global forest sustainability issues (2012, background): “In British Columbia, it was necessary to pass new legislation recognizing the retention silvicultural system before the government would issue timber harvesting permits that used the new terminology (Beese et al. 2003).”