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  1. Thinning strategies for aspen: a prediction model.

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    Author(s): Donald A. Perala
    Date: 1978
    Source: Research Paper NC-161. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
    Publication Series: Research Paper (RP)
    Station: North Central Research Station
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    Derives thinning strategies to maximize volume yields of aspen fiber, sawtimber, and veneer. Demonstrates how yields are affected by growing season climatic variation and periodic defoliation by forest tent caterpillar.

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    Perala, Donald A. 1978. Thinning strategies for aspen: a prediction model. Research Paper NC-161. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

    Keywords

    Populus tremuloides, Quaking aspen, merchantable volume, forest tent caterpillar, soil moisture, air temperature

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