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dc.contributor.authorHawe, Jerry*
dc.contributor.authorShort, Ian*
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-09T12:58:15Z
dc.date.available2017-01-09T12:58:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationHawe, J. and Short, I. (2016) Broadleaf thinning in Ireland - a review of European silvicultural best practice. Irish Forestry 73: 25-64en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0021-1192
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/1096
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.description.abstractA substantial first-rotation broadleaf plantation resource in Ireland is progressively entering a thinning phase. Silvicultural best practice in support of such a management intervention needs to be developed for this new woodland resource to achieve its maximum commercial potential. National research trials are key to the provision of information for the development of best practice. Determining the current state-of-the-art is a prerequisite to the design and implementation of appropriate research trials. This study reviews the literature concerning the fundamental principles of broadleaf thinning with particular regard to timing, intensity and impacts on crop tree growth response, focussing on a range of commonly planted broadleaf species in Ireland. The overall aim of this review is to gain a fuller understanding of the most effective thinning methodology to be employed to maximise the production of high quality hardwood timber. In doing so it is intended that the information presented may support ongoing and future research trials with regard to potential silvicultural treatments to apply, data types and analysis and the likely results of practical application to commercial forestry.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was carried out as part of the Broadleaf Silviculture Research and Development (B-SilvRD) project, a 5-year project funded by CoFoRD, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSociety of Irish Forestersen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Forestry;73
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
dc.subjectsilvicultureen_GB
dc.subjectselective thinningen_GB
dc.subjectthinning intensityen_GB
dc.subjectthinning controlen_GB
dc.titleBroadleaf thinning in Ireland - a review of European silvicultural best practiceen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.rmis6052
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland


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