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Crown release as a potential old-growth restoration approach in northern hardwoods.
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research; Aug97, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p1222, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Examines the question of whether crown release might hasten the development of large trees in second-growth northern hardwoods in northern Wisconsin. Measurement of growth response to a wide range of past thinning treatments in seven stands; Method; Findings; Suggestion that 30 cm DBH sugar maples (Acer saccharum Marsh.) given full crown release would reach 50 cm DBH (the mean size of canopy trees in old-growth stands) in 46-49 years, compared with 92 years with no treatment; Potentional of crown release for enhancing foliar height diversity and increasing the number of canopy gaps, standing snags, and fallen logs.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00455067
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8841893
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1139/x97-071