Size of oak advance reproduction: key to growth following harvest cutting.

Ivan L. Sander

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Size of oak advance reproduction: key to growth following harvest cutting.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ivan L. Sander

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Paper NC-79. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

The larger the reproduction was before harvest cutting the better it grew after cutting, and all reproduction grew better after complete overstory removal than after partial removal or no cutting.

Keywords

Quercus spp, oak, regeneration, silviculture, cutting systems, upland hardwoods

Citation

Sander, Ivan L. 1972. Size of oak advance reproduction: key to growth following harvest cutting. Research Paper NC-79. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station