Accroissement et qualité des tiges de deux jeunes futaies au Témiscouata

Abstract

Current annual increment volume and stem quality evaluation in two high forest stands allowed us to conclude that they have a potential to produce sawlog wood and therefore justify the profitability of the sanitation thinning.Current annual increment volume was evaluated by extracting increment cores from trees in sample plots set up systematically in the two stands. Stem quality was evaluated on the 2.5 m-logs of the sampled trees. Key words: current annual increment, increment rate, stem quality, intensive management.