Abstract
In this study, shifts from the current forest physiognomy to a target forest physiognomy were modeled by applying the concept of zoning simulation. The objective was to present the process of generating management options for man-made forests in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The assessment method was a wide-ranging and long-term simple simulation based on several indicators, such as geographical distribution and tree species, and adapted the concept of changes in forest physiognomy. A headwater forest in Kanagawa Prefecture, which covers an area of about 3784 ha and consists of 4445 forest stands, was investigated. Four plans were established based on the present state of the forest stands. The results indicated that factors for expressing forest physiognomy and their expression methods should be determined, and physiognomy models should be constructed to establish the actual state of the forests in each region. With this simulation, it is possible to forecast long-term changes at forest stand and basin levels for each scenario. However, only data from forestry register were used in this study, and it is expected that different results would be obtained by conducting a determination of stand position in the forest physiognomy together with a field survey.
Highlights
IntroductionForest planning is composed of short-term and long-term plans, and long-term plans concern permanent timber production [11]
A universally-accepted scheme for sustainable forest management is forest certification, which has the potential to address certain environmental issues by establishing rules for sustainable management of forests, reducing the risks arising from environmental problems [1]
There were 372 forest stands included under the regulation, while an additional 207 forest stands had slopes of 40 degrees or more
Summary
Forest planning is composed of short-term and long-term plans, and long-term plans concern permanent timber production [11]. According to another definition, forest planning is to clarify what society demands for forests and comprehensively show established methods [12]. Many studies have reported on the growth of forest stands concerned with permanent timber production using several methods, including system yield tables [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21]. Typical examples of the system yield table are the Local Yield Table Construction
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