Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand.

Richard L. Williamson

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-296

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Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard L. Williamson

Year:

1982

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-296

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-296. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p

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Abstract

During a 19-year period after a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand was thinned, both standard plot compilations and stem analysis showed that growth of heavily and lightly thinned stands equaled growth of stands in control plots.

Keywords

Thinning, Douglas-fir, volume increment of stands

Citation

Williamson, Richard L. 1982. Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-296. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p