EFFECTS OF REGENERATION OPENING SIZE AND SIMULATED CROP TREE RELEASE ON VOLUME YIELDS AND ECONOMIC VALUE IN OAK-DOMINATED STANDS

Patch clearcutting can be put to effective use for landowners with relatively small stands of timber. This project was designed to determine how clearcut opening size and mid-rotation crop tree release affects the value and volume of sawtimber at the end of rotation. In 1960 patch clearcuts were est...

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Main Author: Cunningham, Russell Andrew
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2014
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/forestry_etds/19
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=forestry_etds