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Term details "salvage cutting"

Language: English
Term: salvage cutting
Synonyms:salvage felling, salvage logging
Definition: the removal of trees that ar dead, dying, or deteriorating (e.g. because overmature or materially damaged by fire, wind, insects, fungi, or other injurious agencies) before their timber becomes worthless.
  (Source: FMAN-E, 2000)
Subject field:forest management


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