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NALT Full

Preferred term

forest regeneration

Type

Topic

Definition

The renewal of a tree crop, whether by natural or artificial means.
Source: Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

silvicultural practices

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Scope note

Use for renewal of a tree crop in a commercial or private forest; for restocking an area with forest trees, USE reforestation; for activities that repair and restore ecological functions of forests so that the restored forest ecosystem will match, as closely as possible, that of the original forest USE forest restoration.

In other languages

regeneración forestal

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12609

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