By applying silvicultural techniques to marten
habitat, we can address the temporal aspect of this
problem by replicating the structure of older forests
within younger stages of forest development. Here
we use a stand density management diagram to adapt
current timber management to incorporate the specific
structural needs of marten in Newfoundland.
The advantages inherent in this type of approach are:
(a) it focuses on forest structure, rather than surrogates
such as stand age; (b) it may be adapted to a
variety of site conditions (Smith and Long, 1987;
Lilieholm et al., 1993).