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Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand.
Author(s): Richard L. Williamson
Date: 1982
Source: Res. Pap. PNW-RP-296. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p
Publication Series: Research Paper (RP)
Station: Pacific Northwest Research Station
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During a 19-year period after a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand was thinned, both standard plot compilations and stem analysis showed that growth of heavily and lightly thinned stands equaled growth of stands in control plots.Publication Notes
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Williamson, Richard L. 1982. Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-296. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 pCited
Keywords
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