Below canopy evapotranspiration in four different variable retention harvesting treatments in a red pine plantation forest

Abstract Variable retention harvest (VRH) is a silvicultural approach that retains differing proportions and patterns of canopy trees across a harvested area to emulate natural disturbance effects on stand structure and enhance the resilience of the regenerating stand to abiotic and biotic stresses. Four VRH treatments were applied to an 83‐year‐old red pine ( Pinu s resinosa Ait.) plantation forest in the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone of Canada …