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CROWN THINNING [2 records]

Record 1 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A type of thinning that particularly favours the most promising (and therefore not necessarily the dominant) stems, with due regard to even distribution over the stand, by removing from any canopy class those trees that are interfering with them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Méthode d'éclaircie qui consiste à enlever les dominants et les codominants qui nuisent le plus aux tiges d'élite de ces deux classes de cime et à ne prélever dans les classes inférieures que les arbres marchands destinés à se perdre avant le retour des coupes.

OBS

Le complément «à la française» dans le syntagme «éclaircie à la française» se trouve entre guillemets.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Cortas que se hacen en las clases de pies de copa alta apeando los dominantes y codominantes que luchan con otros árboles mejores de las mismas clases.

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Record 2 1996-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
DEF

Loss of foliage, especially at the top of the trees.

CONT

Stress symptoms at the Solling site are even more dramatic - with many trees showing drooping branches, canopy ghosting, subcanopy dieback, yellowing and premature loss of needles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes

Spanish

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