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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 11 Jul 2024

Thinnings

A cultural treatment made to reduce stand density of trees primarily to improve growth, enhance forest health, or recover potential mortality.

Deal, R., editor. 2015. Dictionary of Forestry. 2nd edition. 208 pages. ISBN: 978-0-939970-63-6

Source category: Dictionaries