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Record 1 2002-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Objectives could vary from a "cool" burn, to reduce fuels under a young sapling stand, to a "hot" burn, as in a replacement fire in a diseased, overmature stand.

OBS

... a decline in vigour, health and, for woody species, soundness marks the stage of overmaturity, termed ..., if decay is the critical factor, the age of decline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Peuplement qui a dépassé l'âge de la maturité et qui commence à dépérir.

OBS

Selon M. Martien Roberge, sylviculturaliste du Centre de recherches forestières des Laurentides, à Sainte-Foy, l'expression «peuplement surâgé» doit être préférée à celle de «peuplement suranné».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Ecosistemas
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