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Guidelines for Thinning Ponderosa Pine for Improved Forest Health and Fire Prevention

7 pp. / Preventing catastrophic stand replacing events are best accomplished through thinning. Lower tree densities result in greater tree growth. Stands with lower tree densities have greater plant diversity. Determining stand conditions will provide a baseline for formulating a plan to improve stand conditions. Thinning around individual trees can improve individual tree health reducing the likelihood of damage from bark beetles, fire or drought.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/146952
Date03 1900
CreatorsDeGomez, Tom
ContributorsNatural Resources & the Environment, School of
PublisherCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Pamphlet
RelationUniversity of Arizona Cooperative Extension Publication AZ1397

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