Hardwood management, tree wound response, and wood product value

KT Smith - The Forestry Chronicle. 94 (3): 292-306., 2019 - research.fs.usda.gov
Hardwood forest management practices may wound trees and initiate defects that reduce
wood quality and value. Damage to the lower bole of residual stems during harvest …

[PDF][PDF] The fundamentals of release burning in mixed oak forests with emphasis on the shelterwood-burn technique

PH Brose, TF Hutchinson - Oak Symposium: Sustaining, 2019 - srs.fs.usda.gov
Release burning is the term used to describe prescribed fire conducted in the mid-to latter
stages of the oak (Quercus spp.) regeneration process to promote the dominance of oak …

[PDF][PDF] Causes and costs of bole wounds in hardwoods—A synopsis of the literature

JK Wiedenbeck - Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Southern …, 2018 - srs.fs.usda.gov
Silvicultural practices are known to affect the initiation and development of wounds and
woundrelated defects. Research on partial-cutting-related wounds has focused on residual …

[HTML][HTML] Hardwood management, tree wound response, and wood product value

T SmithKevin - The Forestry Chronicle, 2018 - pubs.cif-ifc.org
Hardwood forest management practices may wound trees and initiate defects that reduce
wood quality and value. Damage to the lower bole of residual stems during harvest …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns of overstory mortality in a shelterwood-burn central Appalachian forest

JP Brown, JK Wiedenbeck, TM Schuler… - Silvicultural Research …, 2018 - srs.fs.usda.gov
Prescribed fire is a tool used to regenerate and sustain mixed-oak forests in the central
Appalachian region. Two specific applications for prescribed fire are site preparation and the …