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Basal Pruning

Basal Pruning is a tending operation method that involves the selective removal of lower branches of a tree to improve stem quality and enhance timber value by reducing knot formation in the main bole.

15

Publications

428

Citations

22

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Low Pruning

Parents

Publications

15

Effects of different pruning regimes on growth and sapwood area of Scots pine

Bo Långström, Claes Hellqvist · Forest Ecology and Management · 1991 · 74 citations

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Pruning Wounds and Occlusion: A Long-Standing Conundrum in Forestry

Kevin L. O’Hara · Journal of Forestry · 2007 · 47 citations · Full text

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Technical Commentary: A Biological Justification for Pruning in Coastal Douglas-Fir Stands

Kevin L. O’Hara · Western Journal of Applied Forestry · 1991 · 40 citations

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Knot attributes and occlusion of naturally pruned branches of Fagus sylvatica

Sebastian Hein · Forest Ecology and Management · 2008 · 39 citations

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Development of epicormic sprouts in Sitka spruce following thinning and pruning in south-east Alaska

Robert L. Deal · Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research · 2003 · 34 citations · Full text

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Authors

22

  1. KL
    Kevin L. O’Hara

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  2. SH
    Sebastian Hein

    Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences, Germany

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. JZ
    Jie Zeng

    Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

    1 publications · 27 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. LM
    Lisa McFadyen

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  5. GF
    George F. Lehrer

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

19

  1. Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences

    Rottenburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  2. US Forest Service

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  4. Bureau of Plant Industry

    Manila, Philippines

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    148 citations

  6. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt

    Göttingen, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Forestry

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    3 publications · 140 citations

    3

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  2. Western Journal of Applied Forestry

    WJAF · 2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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  3. Journal of Forestry

    2 publications · 57 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry

    1 publications · 28 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

    AJEV · 1 publications · 17 citations

    1

    h-index

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