Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_lloyd001.pdf
Two studies--at the USDA Forestry Science Laboratories in Macon, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina--suggest that the cost of pre-commercial thinning can be reduced with low-intensity prescribed burning.
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Thinning CRP Pines
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=212
As the trees in these stands begin to reach pulpwood size, landowners should think about using one of the basic pine management tools, thinning.
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THINNING PINE PLANTATIONS
http://extensionforestry.tamu.edu/publications/thinning01.htm
Thinning pine plantations is a form of intermediate cutting to improve the yield of a timber stand. Thinning is necessary because competition for sunlight, soil moisture and nutrients becomes intense as trees get larger. If the stand remains unthinned, the growth rate slows, stagnation develops and death to many trees eventually occurs.
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Thinning Pine Stands for Top Returns
http://www.aces.edu/department/extcomm/publications/anr/anr-396/anr-396.html
It generally takes from 30 to 40 years to grow a stand of pine sawtimber to economic maturity. However, it is usually necessary to cut some of the trees before the stand reaches maturity. Cuttings made in immature stands to stimulate the growth of the remaining trees and thereby improve the yield of the stand are called thinnings.
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Thinning Your Timber for Profit
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=273
Thinning is a process in which a certain number of trees are removed from a stand to increase the growing space available to the residual stand of timber (the trees that are left to grow) and sold to make some money from the timber that is removed.
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