Potential long-term growth gains from early clump thinning of coppice-regenerated oak stands |
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Authors: | Kim E Lowell Harold E Garrett Robert J Mitchell |
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Institution: | (1) University of Missouri, School of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, 1-31 Agriculture Bldg., 65211 Columbia, MI, USA;(2) School of Forestry, White Smith Hall, Auburn University, 36849 Auburn, AL, USA |
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Abstract: | A study was established in the Missouri Ozarks to evaluate coppice regeneration of oak. Five years after a 32-year-old stand was clearcut and regenerated naturally through stump sprouts, the dominant sprout on each stump was identified based upon height. Treated plots were thinned to the single dominant sprout on each stump whereas control plots were not thinned. Twenty-five years later the largest 247, 371, 494, and 618 stems per ha were examined and height of the dominant sprout at age 5 was found to be strongly related to dbh at age 30 in both thinned and unthinned plots. However, in the thinned plots, the largest 494 stems per ha were on average 11%, 28%, and 58% greater, respectively, in height, dbh, and volume compared to similar dominant sprouts in unthinned plots. Logistic regression analysis was used to develop curves for the evaluation of potential gains from clump thinning. In this analysis, the average height of a stand at age 5 was used to estimate thinning gains at age 30. |
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Keywords: | early thinning growth potential Missouri Ozarks stump sprouts clump thinning long term growth diameter growth volume growth height growth |
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