forest thinning
- Subject Category
- F Plant Science and Plant Products
- K Forest Science and Forest Products
- Definition
- The silvicultural practice of removing excess, diseased or poor quality trees and underbrush to improve the growth, health and value of the standing timber crop.
- Definition Source
- NAL Thesaurus Staff
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41208.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41208
- Used For
- thinning (in forests)
- Broader Term
- silvicultural practices
- thinning (plants)
- Related Term
- slash
- stand density
- tree release
- Spanish
- raleo forestal
- Term Number
- 41208