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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a practice in forestry and logging, in which most or all of the trees in an area are uniformly cut down. Along with shelterwood and seed tree harvests, it is used by foresters to create certain types of forest ecosystems and to promote select species that require an abundance of sunlight or grow in large, …

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Clearcutting

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Edges91
Triples71
Avg. degree1.98
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Clearcutting

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related to External links · 14
Clearcutting → Archived, California, Congressional Research Service, CRS, December, Forest News, Free Grassy, Policy Research, Reports, Retrieved, Scotia Public Lands Coalition, Sierra, Sierra Pacifics, The Boreal Forest
related to Types · 13
Clearcutting → Clearcutting-with-reserves, Forest Finns, However, Many, One, Patch, Slash, Slash-and-burn, Standard, Strip, The, These, This
has effect · 12
Clearcutting → Also, Because, Clear, Clear-cutting, Clearcutting's, Environmental, First Nations, In Canada, Removal, Removing, The, While
related to In Maine · 8
Clearcutting → In Maine, Maine, Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative, OBF, Outcome Based Forestry, Since, These, University
has impact · 7
Clearcutting → In, Oregon, Over, The, This, University, When
related to Positive perspectives · 4
Clearcutting → Generally, North America, The, Those
is a · 3
Clearcutting → forestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance such as stand replacing fire or windthrow, most economically efficient method of logging, possible solution to concerns about changes in water temperature due to clearcutting
see also · 3
Clearcutting → Amazon, AustraliaList, British ColumbiaEven-aged

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Clearcuttingis aforestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance such as stand replacing fire or windthrow0.90text
Clearcuttingis amost economically efficient method of logging0.90text
Clearcuttingis apossible solution to concerns about changes in water temperature due to clearcutting0.90text
stand replacing fire or windthrowinstance ofClearcutting is a forestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance0.80text
and is successful for regeneration of fast growinginstance ofClearcutting is a forestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance0.80text
sun tolerant tree speciesinstance ofClearcutting is a forestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance0.80text
wildlife species that readily regenerate in post-stand replacing sitesinstance ofClearcutting is a forestry practice that mimics the stand initiation stage of forest succession after a natural disturbance0.80text
wildfiresinstance ofwhich otherwise would not exist without natural stand-replacing disturbances0.80text
large scale windthrowinstance ofwhich otherwise would not exist without natural stand-replacing disturbances0.80text
or avalanches.Clearcuts are used to help regenerate species that cannot compete in mature forestsinstance ofwhich otherwise would not exist without natural stand-replacing disturbances0.80text
Clearcuttinghas effectEnvironmental0.60section
Clearcuttinghas effectClear-cutting0.60section

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