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CULMINATION MEAN ANNUAL INCREMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2008-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Silviculture
CONT

The stands are usually well past the age of maturity as defined by the culmination of mean annual increment and often exhibit characteristics of decadence. These characteristics may include, but are not limited to : low growth rates, dead and dying trees, snags, and down woody material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

État de dépérissement d'un groupe d'arbres au sein d'un peuplement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

The long run sustainable yield for any Timber Supply Area(TSA) is equal to the culmination of mean annual increment weighted by area for all productive and utilizable forest land types in that TSA including all not satisfactorily restocked, disturbed stocking doubtful, and potentially usable noncommercial cover.

Key term(s)
  • long run sustainable yield

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The age in the growth cycle of a tree or stand at which the mean annual increment(MAI) for height, diameter, basal area, or volume is at a maximum... at culmination, MAI equals the periodic annual increment(PAI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Dans le cycle de croissance d'un arbre ou d'un peuplement, âge auquel l'accroissement annuel moyen en hauteur, en diamètre, en surface terrière ou en volume est à son maximum.

Spanish

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