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• Evaluating the use of green wood chips processed from small-diameter trees as an alternate fuel for making cement

  Authors:Kurt H. Mackes and Charles R. LightburnFrom:Forest Products Journal (Vol. 53, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20033,384 words Article Abstract To evaluate the possibility of utilizing green wood chips processed from small-diameter trees as an alternative fuel to produce cement, an extended test burn was conducted at the Holcim (formerly Holnam)...

• Thinning treatments had minimal effect on soil compaction in mixed-conifer plantations

  Authors:Robert A. York, Richard K. Keller, and Ariel C. ThomsonFrom:California Agriculture (Vol. 69, Issue 03) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20155,117 words Report 1480LIf biomass utilization results in soil compaction and reduced forest productivity, the potential benefits may be considered to be not worth the long-term impacts. We analyzed soil strength, an indicator of soil...

• Effect of thinning on relationships between three measures of wood stiffness in Pinus radiata: standing trees vs. logs vs. short clear specimens

  Authors:Carolyn A. Raymond, Bill Joe, Dean W. Anderson, and Duncan J. WattFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20085,916 words Report The effect of thinning on the relationship of wood quality traits measured on standing trees (dynamic modulus of elasticity (MOE) and outerwood density) and traits measured on logs or short clear specimens was...

• Blacks mountain experimental forest: bark beetle responses to differences in forest structure and the application of prescribed fire in interior ponderosa pine (1)

  Authors:Christopher J. Fettig, Robert R. Borys, Stephen R. McKelvey, and Christopher P. DabneyFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20088,778 words Report 1530LAbstract: Mechanical thinning and the application of prescribed fire are commonly used tools in the restoration of fire-adapted forest ecosystems. However, few studies have explored their effects on subsequent amounts...

• Premature decline of eucalyptus and altered ecosystem processes in the absence of fire in some Australian forests

  Authors:D.C. Close, N.J. Davidson, D.W. Johnson, M.D. Abrams, S.C. Hart, I.D. Lunt, et al.From:The Botanical Review (Vol. 75, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20095,159 words Report We propose a model of 'premature tree decline' whereby an absence of fire hastens the mortality of overstorey eucalypts in some forests. This model is relevant to some temperate Australian forests in which fire regimes...

• Predicting selected wood properties of jack pine following commercial thinning

  Authors:Robert Schneider, S.Y. Zhang, D. Edwin Swift, Jean Begin, and Jean-Martin LussierFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20086,974 words Report 1370LAbstract: This paper examined the impact of commercial thinning on selected wood properties of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.). Wood properties evaluated include wood density (ring density, earlywood ring density, and...

• Modeling the distributed effects of forest thinning on the long-term water balance and streamflow extremes for a semi-arid basin in the southwestern US

  Authors:Hernan A. Moreno, Hoshin V. Gupta, Dave D. White, and David A. SampsonFrom:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 29, 2016292 words Author abstract, Bri... To achieve water resource sustainability in the water-limited southwestern US, it is critical to understand the potential effects of proposed forest thinning on the hydrology of semi-arid basins, where disturbances to...

• Effects of thinning-induced changes in structural heterogeneity on growth, ingrowth, and mortality in secondary coastal Douglas-fir forests

  Authors:Christian Kuehne, Aaron R. Weiskittel, Shawn Fraver, and Klaus J. PuettmannFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 45, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 201511,266 words Report 1590LThinning is believed to accelerate the development of late-successional attributes, thereby enhancing stand structural heterogeneity in young, secondary forests. By making use of a large-scale experiment implemented in...

• Effect of thinning and prescribed fire restoration treatments on woody debris and snag dynamics in a Sierran old-growth, mixed-conifer forest

  Authors:James C. Innes, Malcolm P. North, and Nathan WilliamsonFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 36, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20067,055 words Article 1490LAbstract: Forest managers have little information of the effects of common restoration treatments, thinning and burning, on dead woody material (DWM) dynamics in fire-suppressed forests. Fine woody debris (FWD; 0.6-29.9...

• Western redcedar response to precommercial thinning and fertilization through 25 years posttreatment

  Authors:Warren D. Devine and Constance A. HarringtonFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 39, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20097,450 words Report There is little information available on the long-term effects of managing western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don). In a 15- to 20-year-old naturally regenerated second-growth redcedar stand on a poor site on...

• Reevaluating the self-thinning boundary line for ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests

  Authors:Jianwei Zhang, William W. Oliver, and Robert F. PowersFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 43, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20136,064 words Report 1450LThe self-thinning rule has been used extensively to predict population dynamics under intraspecific and interspecific competition. In forestry, it is an important silvicultural concept for maintaining stand health in...

• Reducing the impacts of mechanical thinning in a southwestern forest

  Authors:Douglas S. Cram, Terrell T. Baker, Alexander G. Fernald, Anthony Madrid, and Bob RummerFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 62, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  September-October 2007565 words Report 1530LEcological challenges in western forests continue to place a significant burden on land management practitioners. Increased tree densities since European settlement is arguably the greatest ecological challenge faced by...

• Effects of population size, forest fragmentation, and urbanization on seed production and gene flow in an endangered maple (Acer miyabei)

  Authors:Teruyoshi Nagamitsu, Satoshi Kikuchi, Mayuko Hotta, Tanaka Kenta, and Tsutom HiuraFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 172, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20145,946 words Report 1440LForest fragmentation threatens the reproduction of tree species, for which habitats overlap with urban and rural areas. An endangered maple, Acer miyabei f. miyabei, is such a species in northern Japan. We examined the...

• Silvicultural responses of two spruce plantations to midrotation commercial thinning in New Brunswick

  Authors:Gaetan Pelletier and Douglas G. PittFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20086,821 words Report 1600LAbstract: A midrotation commercial thinning experiment conducted in two independent spruce plantations compared several tree selection strategies as both early (age 19 or 24 years) single and double (again at age 30 or...

• Reproductive output of ponderosa pine in response to thinning and prescribed burning in western Montana

  Authors:Gregory Peters and Anna SalaFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20085,543 words Report 1470LAbstract: Thinning and thinning followed by prescribed fire are common management practices intended to restore historic conditions in low-elevation ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws.) forests of...

• The effect of winter thinning on the spread of Heterobasidion parviporum in Norway spruce stands

  Authors:Tuula Piri and Kari KorhonenFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20085,424 words Report Genets of Heterobasidion were identified in eight 43- to 56-year-old Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands in southern Finland. Four of the stands had been thinned in winter ca. 10 years prior to the study, and...

• Repeated thinning treatments reduce long-term soil carbon and nitrogen storage: an 87-year study at the Petawawa Research Forest, Canada

  Authors:Hans Davila Reategui, Vincent Poirier, Marie R. Coyea, and Alison D. MunsonFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 51, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20216,540 words Report 1480LForest management activities are increasingly analyzed through a lens that quantifies their effects on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) storage because forest soils are an important C sink. Data on the longer-term...

• Woodland mouse and vole response to increased structural diversity following midrotation commercial thinning in spruce plantations

  Authors:Evan C. Dracup, Daniel M. Keppie, and Graham J. ForbesFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 45, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 201510,609 words Report 1530LWe assessed whether commercially thinning (CT) spruce (Picea spp.) plantations (40% basal area removal) can cause structural changes in fine woody debris (FWD) and understory vegetation to improve habitat quality for...

• PLANT DIVERSITY IN MANAGED FORESTS: UNDERSTORY RESPONSES TO THINNING AND FERTILIZATION

  Authors:SEAN C. THOMAS, CHARLES B. HALPERN, DONALD A. FALK, DENISE A. LIGUORI, and KELLY A. AUSTINFrom:Ecological Applications (Vol. 9, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 19999,567 words Article Abstract. Although most temperate forests are actively managed for timber production, few data exist regarding the long-term effects of forest management on understory plant communities. We investigated the responses of...

• Rating experiments in forestry: How much agreement is there in tree marking?

  Authors:Arne Pommerening, Carlos Pallares Ramos, Wojciech Kedziora, Jens Haufe, and Dietrich StoyanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 22, 20188,066 words Report 1570LAuthor(s): Arne Pommerening 1,*, Carlos Pallarés Ramos 1, Wojciech Kedziora 2, Jens Haufe 3, Dietrich Stoyan 4 Introduction Modern forestry is essentially the result of two centuries of experimentation at...