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Record 1 2008-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

That portion of the trees, in a forest of more than one storey, forming the upper or uppermost canopy layer ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Étage formé par les arbres dont les cimes s'étalent à la partie supérieure du couvert forestier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Conjunto de árboles de una masa forestal que constituyen la cubierta superior.

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Record 2 2008-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A final harvest in which the cutting releases advance regeneration.

Key term(s)
  • overstorey removal

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Récolte finale qui dégage la régénération préexistante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A forest stand in which two height classes of considerable difference occur : the overstory and understory.

OBS

[The term two-storied stand] does not apply to a forest in the process of reproduction, in which the appearance of two stories is due to a seed tree or shelterwood cut before the final cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Peuplement forestier dans lequel on retrouve deux classes de hauteur, de différence appréciable, l'étage dominé et l'étage dominant.

OBS

Le terme [peuplement à deux étages] ne s'applique pas aux peuplements en voie de régénération, pour lesquels l'apparence de deux classes de hauteur découle de la coupe progressive effectuée avant la coupe finale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Selective overstory thinning. A partial overstory cut is a type of thinning that is used in older stands where regeneration is established or will be established after the cut. These thinnings are typically designed to effectively remove some of the basal area in stands that are over 60 years old while maintaining the characteristics of the stand. Trees that display characteristics suitable for habitat diversity are retained. This includes vertical decadence, snags, species diversity and coarse woody debris. The spacing of the remaining trees is dependent on the amount of regeneration that is established in the stand. In some cases where regeneration has been previously established through shelterwood cuts or naturally wide spacing, some of the overstory is removed to allow the regeneration to develop into a multistory stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes

Spanish

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