I'm sure there are other factors involved, some regoinally dependent.
Besides the science of just the trees, there ARE other factors. Not everybody . . . in fact, maybe even the majority of private woodlot owners who pay for land, and pay taxes on it, do it JUST to harvest wood.
Some people like walking in the woods and like seeing trees. Some like seeing old growth (including me and my wife). Some people do it to promote wildlife. And, for that, you need some sickly trees as well as healthy. It's often a mixed bag of reasons why people own woodlots. Pleasure, hunting, peace and quiet, etc.
Another issue is maintaining enough fertility so new trees can regrow. In many parts of the world, trees are removed in a way, and at a rate, that same-type trees cannot again reach maturity.
I do know that there is rarely anything healthy about monocropping anything. You need a mix of ages and tree types since you don't know what's coming in the future. Not with prices, not with weather, and not with diseases.
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