TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Forest Stages, Nutrient Cycling
- Why do pre-commercial thinning?, when and where, diameter growth increases but no height, thinning hardwood, how to do a pre-commercialthinning, methods or tools
- Why do a commercial thinning?, where and when, re-entries, hardwood vs softwood, understanding basal area, how to do a commercial thinning
- Semi-commercial thinning, Shelter wood, Selection harvesting, Species Diversity and Wildlife habitat, effects of thinning on quality, hiring a contractor