Tree mortality shapes forest development, but rising mortality can represent lost production
or an adverse response to changing environmental conditions. Thinning represents a …

There is an expected decrease in the short to mid-term timber supply of lodgepole pine
(Pinus contorta var. latifolia) in Alberta, Canada due to the impacts of past fires and the …

Long-term replicated experiments that contrast thinning method (dominant thinning, thinning
from below) while controlling stocking level are rare. Stand growth and tree size responses …

Thinning is commonly applied to increase the tree growth in forest stands by improving the
availability of water, light, and nutrients. However, thinning also can increase soil …

• For assessing forest thinning effects at large (ie continental) scale, data scarcity and
technical limitations prevent the application of localized or individual-based thinning …

Thinning is expected to improve both individual tree-and stand-level growth efficiency since
more environmental resources (growing space, light, water, and nutrients) become available …

Forest management techniques such as intermediate stand-tending practices (eg, thinning)
can promote climatic resiliency in forest stands by moderating tree competition. Residual …

Restoration efforts to improve vigor of large, old trees and decrease risk to high‐intensity
wildland fire and drought‐mediated insect mortality often include reductions in stand density …

Key message Detailed measures of growth pattern and structural heterogeneity applied in
this study helped to quantify the immediate effects of various thinning regimes on forest …

Upper size limits of trees allowed to be cut, termed diameter caps, have resulted in
polarization, litigation, and delays and alterations to thinning projects in many western …