Impact of thinning on volume and on growth rate (i.e., slope of volume curve)
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Impact of thinning on volume and on growth rate (i.e., slope of volume curve)
From Muir et al. 2002 (see T-drive)
From Muir et al. 2002 (see T-drive)
From Muir et al. 2002 (see T-drive)
From Muir et al. 2002 (see T-drive)
Pre-commercial thin in a mixed stand of lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir.
Overstocked planted stand (from natural pine seeding) after thinning using a drum chopper
Geometrical thinning in Norway spruceEvery 7th row removed to facilitate access into the standLow thinning in intermediate rows
Norway spruce stand after repeated thinnings
Red alder thinning, BC
White spruce thinning, 25 yrs
Douglas-fir thinning McDonald Forest
cable corridor
Same corridor
8 years later
Feller-buncher, Alberta, Canada
David P. Shorthouse, University of Alberta, www.forestryimages.org
Thinning dense loblolly stand with an early fall burn in Georgia
Marked white pine stand