The cutting technic for thePinus elliottii plantation of the multi-benefit management pattern in the hilly region of Jiangxi Province was studied by establishing the
model of growth progress according to Richards function and simulating the tending cutting on computer by use of dynamic programming.
The results showed that the best time for the initial thinning was at tree age of 8–10 and final cutting was at tree age of
25. The optimal thinning project was 3 times of thinning cutting including the first thinning, and the thinning time was at
tree ages of 8, 12 and 16, respectively. Their thinning intensities were separately 950, 700 and 300 trunks per hectare, and
the preserved density was 550 trunks per hectare until the final cutting
Foundation item: This study was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (A grant 0330023)
Biography: WANG Qing-chun (1970-), male, Ph. Doctor, Senior Engineer in Academy of Forest Inventory & Planning, Jiangxi, Nanchang 330046,
P.R. China.
Responsible editor: Song Funan 相似文献
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