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MINIMUM DIAMETER [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The minimum, and occasionally the maximum, diameter to which trees or logs are to be measured, cut or used. The limits generally refer to the stump, the top, or breast height.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Diamètre minimal, ou parfois maximal, acceptable des arbres ou des grumes devant être mesurés, coupés ou utilisés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

... a prescribed diameter below which the tree is not tallied and not harvested. The prescribed diameter is generally referred to breast height, but sometimes to stump height.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

[...] diamètre (pris généralement à hauteur d'homme avec écorce) au-dessous duquel l'abattage n'est pas permis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación forestal
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
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