Managing uneven-aged stands

Jay R. Law; Craig G. Lorimer

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Managing uneven-aged stands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jay R. Law, Craig G. Lorimer

Year:

1989

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Central hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 6.08

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Abstract

Maintaining uneven-aged stands involves cutting trees from a range of diameter classes in such a way that the residual stand has a balanced, steeply descending diameter distribution curve (fig. 1). The objective is to distribute trees by diameter classes so that over time the stand contains trees of different ages and sizes.

Parent Publication

Central hardwood notes

Citation

Law, Jay R.; Lorimer, Craig G. 1989. Managing uneven-aged stands. In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Central hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 6.08