What is Thinning

This in forestry means the removal of some trees in a stand so as to provide more room/space to the remaining trees so that they can grow without competition. It involves the removal of the dead, diseased, crooked and malformed trees that stand a low or no chance of providing the desired product

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Kimondo JM (2025). What is Thinning. KEFRI. http://km.kefri.org/Main/WhatIs00004
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