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Michigan Technological University

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2011

Red pine

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The Growth Response Of Planted Red Pine (Pinus Resinosa Ait.) To Alternative Thinning Regimes, Jolanta Agnieszka Len Jan 2011

The Growth Response Of Planted Red Pine (Pinus Resinosa Ait.) To Alternative Thinning Regimes, Jolanta Agnieszka Len

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Red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) plantations have been established in Michigan with expectations of mixed final product goals: pulpwood, boltwood and possibly sawlogs. The effects of alternative treatments on tree and stand attributes were examined in: the Atlantic Mine trial, thinned in spring 2006 with three alternatives: (1) every fifth row removal plus crown thinning, (2) every third row removal plus crown thinning and (3) every third row removal plus thinning from below; the Crane Lake trial, thinned in fall 2004 with two alternatives: (1) every third row removal and (2) every third row removal plus thinning from above; …