Excerpt from The Scientific Basis for Silvicultural and Management Decisions in the National Forest System Release is a type of intermediate cutting that resembles thinning but is used to regulate species composition or improve the growth and quality of a young stand up to sapling size. Release cuttings often involve removing dominant trees of poor quality or less desirable species that are limiting the development of young growth. Release is also a term used to note the removal or control of competing vegetation other than trees to improve forest stand development and growth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.