Size - class distribution, in old-growth northern hardwoods twenty years after cutting

F.H. Eyre; W. M. Zillgitt

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Size - class distribution, in old-growth northern hardwoods twenty years after cutting

Informally Refereed

Authors:

F.H. Eyre, W. M. Zillgitt

Year:

1950

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Sta. Pap. 21. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lake States Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

How should old-growth northern hardwoods be managed so as to create stands adapted to continuous yield under the selection system? Since these forests as they occur in the Lake States present an all-aged appearance, it has long been assumed that the single-tree selection could be used in their management.

Citation

Eyre, F.H.; Zillgitt, W. M. 1950. Size - class distribution, in old-growth northern hardwoods twenty years after cutting. Sta. Pap. 21. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lake States Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.