Download or read book Influence of Overstory Removal and Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation on Growth of Advance Conifer Regeneration in Montana (Classic Reprint) written by Clinton E. Carlson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Influence of Overstory Removal and Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation on Growth of Advance Conifer Regeneration in Montana Four treatments, randomly assigned within two blocks, were tested: (1) removal of all overstory and all under story trees larger than 7 inches (2) removal of about 50 percent of the overstory and removal of under story trees larger than 7 inches (3) removal of alloverstory and understory trees larger than 7 inches d.b.b. In small blocks less than 2 acres in size; and (4) control, where no harvesting was done. Overstory was defined as the canopy stratum that included dominant and codomi nant trees, whereas understory included all other trees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.