Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Response to commercial thinning in a 110-year-old Douglas-fir stand.

Author: Williamson, Richard L.

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

Station ID: RP-PNW-296

Description: 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.

Keywords: Thinning, Douglas-fir, volume increment of stands

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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 p.