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Traditionally, the species is managed as pure and even-aged stands for timber production, with a rotation age of 45 to 50 years. Depending on the initial stand density, the stands are thinned 2 to 4 times during the rotation period. Disturbances associated with forest fires have a negative impact on the age structure of stands over time, as they result in a narrow range of stand ages. This age homogenization over large forest areas increases with the recurrence and size of forest fires, bringing new challenges to forest management, namely the difficulty in ensuring the long-term sustainability of the wood supply. The problem aggravates with the increasing demand pressure on pine wood. This article aims to suggest a framework of DSS for Pinus pinaster that can effectively support the management of forest areas under these circumstances, i.e., narrow age ranges and high demand of harvested timber volume. A communal woodland area in the Northern region of Portugal affected by forest fires was selected as a study case. The Modispinaster model was used as the basis of the DSS, to simulate growth scenarios and interventions along the optional rotation period. Two clear-cut ages were considered: 25 and 40 years. The results obtained were the input data for an integer linear programming (ILP) model to obtain the plan that maximizes the volume of timber harvested in the study area, during the planning horizon. The ILP model has constraints bounding the area of clearings, and sustainability, operational and forestry restrictions. The computational results are a powerful tool for guidance in the decision-making of scheduling and forecasting the execution of interventions determining the set of stands that are exploited according to the different scenarios and the period in which the clear-cut is made throughout the planning horizon. Considering all constraints, the solution allows a balanced extraction of a total of 685 m3\u00b7ha\u22121, over the 50-year horizon, as well as the representation of all age classes at the end of the planning period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/f12081031","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,4]],"date-time":"2021-08-04T02:16:07Z","timestamp":1628043367000},"page":"1031","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Forest Management of Pinus pinaster Ait. in Unbalanced Forest Structures Arising from Disturbances\u2014A Framework Proposal of Decision Support Systems (DSS)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Paulo","family":"Costa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Attractive Cascade Unipessoal, Lda (CERNA Portugal), Perafita, 4450-142 Matosinhos, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Adelaide","family":"Cerveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, INESC\u2013TEC Technology and Science (Formerly INESC Porto, UTAD Pole), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Ka\u0161par","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kam\u00fdck\u00e1 129, Praha 6 Suchdol, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4745-5603","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Robert","family":"Maru\u0161\u00e1k","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kam\u00fdck\u00e1 129, Praha 6 Suchdol, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6269-3605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teresa Fidalgo","family":"Fonseca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forestry Sciences and Landscape Architecture (CIFAP), University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Forest Research Centre (CEF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Clutter, J.L., Fortson, J.C., Pienaar, L.V., Brister, G.H., and Baily, R.L. 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