How does seed-cutting differ from shelterwood cutting? a. Shelterwood cutting removes all trees within a given area. b. Shelterw
ood cutting takes place over several years. c. Seed-cutting takes place over several years. d. Seed-cutting is more damaging to the natural environment.
Correct answer: B). Shelter wood cutting takes place over several years
Shelterwood cutting is the progressively cutting of the forest, in order to establish the growth of the new generation of the seedlings of a particular species without planting.
It is a method of natural tree reproduction under the shelter of old trees, which are removed successively by cutting the tree in order to provide the increased amount of light to the new seedlings. It is a slow process and takes lot of time.
