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Equivalent: Coupe sélective |
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Selective cutting is the cutting down of selected trees in a forest so that growth of other trees is not affected. This is done according to criteria regarding minimum tree size for harvesting, specifications of the number, spacing and size classes of residual trees per area, and allowable cut.
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Glossary of Environment Statistics, Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67, United Nations, New York, 1997.
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Theme: Environmental statistics |
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on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 |
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updated on Thursday, November 22, 2001 |
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