Effects of thinning a 55-year-old western white pine stand

Marvin W. Foiles

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Effects of thinning a 55-year-old western white pine stand

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Marvin W. Foiles

Year:

1956

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Journal of Forestry. 54(2): 130-132.

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Abstract

The first experiment in thinning western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl.) was planned and established by J. A. Larson and D. R. Brewster in 1914 in a 55-year-old stand on the Priest River Experimental Forest, Idaho. It was designed to compare the effects of three thinning treatments on volume and quality growth, and on total volume production with an unthinned stand. As thinnings of saw-log material in this species are becoming salable, it is desirable to know if production can be increased by this early stand treatment and, if so, to what extent.

Keywords

thinning, western white pine, Pinus monticola

Citation

Foiles, Marvin W. 1956. Effects of thinning a 55-year-old western white pine stand. Journal of Forestry. 54(2): 130-132.