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Term details "crown thinning"
| Language: | English |
| Term: | crown thinning |
| Definition: | 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. (Source: FMAN-E, 2000) An expression denoting the loss of assimilation organs in the crown of a tree, for whatever reason. The term implies that reference trees or normal trees would have a denser needle coverage. (Source: HA.B90) |
| Notes: | -> thinning from above; -> high thinning<br />[USA] [Ca] In the USA and Canada used as synonym for -> "thinning from above" and "high thinning". |
| Subject field: | silviculture, forest health |
Equivalent terms in other languages:
French:taille en cime
Spanish:corta de liberación de copas
German:Kronenfreihieb
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