Stand tending
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a variety of forest management treatments, including spacing,fertilization, pruning, and commercial thinning, carried out at different stages during astand's development. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
Roseburg Record of Decision: Appendix E ...(ecosystems) so that structural and other objectives are met may require some level of intensive stand tending practices whatever the system employed.
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