Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) · 1967 · 14 citations · 2 references
Natural ResourcesForestryHorticultural SciencesForest ManagementSilvicultureTree-crop InteractionsForest GrowthForest ProductivityForest Stand DynamicsForest YieldRelease TreatmentsDiameter Increment ResponseGrowth Performance Of Timber SpeciesGrowth Response To ReleasePrairie PlantingTimber Biomass ProductionTree Growth AnalysisTree Growth ResponseVolume Production
Experimental release cuttings to favour white spruce in 15- to 60-year-old white spruce-trembling aspen stands have shown that diameter increment and in certain instances height increment of the spruce was doubled; merchantable volume production per acre was, on the average, increased by about 60 per cent. These findings are of special interest in the Prairie Provinces, where the spruce-aspen cover type forms the principal source of white spruce.
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