Open AccessSTEM STRAIGHTNESS AS AFFECTED BY ROW-THINNING A RED PINE PLANTATION
Author(s) -
W. M. Stiell
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
the forestry chronicle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1499-9315
pISSN - 0015-7546
DOI - 10.5558/tfc36234-3
Subject(s) - thinning , red pine , forestry , residual , mathematics , environmental science , agroforestry , geography , botany , biology , pinus <genus> , algorithm
A 20-year-old red pine plantation, spaced 6 × 6 feet, was thinned by removing every third row. Five years later the residual trees showed very little stem curvature, and it was concluded that row-thinning similar plantations would not result in sufficient sweep to degrade the value of the trees.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom