Ecotecnologia para el manejo de los bosques semideciduos degradados de la Peninsula de Guanahacabibes, Cuba
The scientific knowledge gained from the systematic monitoring of research in semideciduous dry forests of the Biosphere Reserve "Peninsula de Guanahacabibes" on the operation and the regenerative and competitive strategy of these types of forests, raise the need to apply ecotechnological methods with the Objective of accelerating the natural successional processes to improve their structure and floristic composition, mainly with valuable forest species. The work was carried out in the period between April 2011 and December 2016, in a wooded area of ?two hectares which were subdivided into alternating strips of 20 x 100 m and 10 x 100 m according to the average height of the forest; to the latter the total or logging was applied, obtaining a volume of wood of 30.18 m3/ha, in different assortments. Subsequently, natural regeneration is monitored in an area of ?300 m2, subdivided into 12 plots of 25 m2 randomly distributed. After two years of logging, the forestry method of low forest and the maintenance of the natural regeneration achieved by seeds were applied, which present increments of highly significant growth at 5 years of logging. All the forestry processes applied are described: selection of stands, clear cutting in strip, management of natural regeneration by seed and by branch, production of nursery postures, forest enrichment, and other activities that complement the application of ecotechnological methods.