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Filtering by: Creator Brodie, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1938 Subject Douglas fir -- Thinning -- Oregon, Western

Response of young Douglas-fir to 16 years of intensive thinning

Creator:

Tappeiner, J. C. (John C.), Bell, John F., Brodie, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1938-, and Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory

Abstract:

A 20-year-old Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] stand in the Oregon Coast Range was thinned from about 1,700 to about 350 trees/ac. Subsequent thinnings, under eight different regimes, occurred at ages 23, 27, 30, and 32. Average net periodic cubic-volume growth was strongly influenced by thinning regime, varying from about...

Resource Type:

Technical Report