{"id":2039,"date":"2018-10-08T10:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2018-10-31T10:32:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:32:14","slug":"competition-and-density-in-woodland-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/2018\/10\/08\/competition-and-density-in-woodland-stands\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition and Density in Woodland Stands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Brad withrow-Robinson, Forestry &amp; Natural Resources Extension agent for Benton, Linn and Polk Counties<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you know I am an outspoken advocate of thinning woodland stands, suggesting that for many (not all) family landowners \u201cthin early, thin often\u201d is the path to the future forest they envision.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Amy and I have posted numerous articles illustrating the many reasons for and benefits that thinning provides to family forest landowners.\u00a0 This single practice applied with purpose, at the appropriate times, can shape a young forest into a uniform timber stand\u2026. or a complex and chaotic habitat for wildlife.\u00a0 The choice is really up to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2018\/10\/EM-9296.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2042\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2018\/10\/EM-9296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>OSU Extension released a new publication this summer to help landowners better understand, visualize and apply thinning decisions to their properties.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/catalog\/files\/project\/pdf\/em9206.pdf\"><em>Competition and Density in Woodland Stands<\/em>\u00a0<\/a> EM 9206\u00a0 describes in some detail the effects that different levels of competition has on a developing stand of trees, introduces Relative Density as\u00a0 a way to determine the level of competition, and presents a unique new style of stand density table as a way to apply this information in the field.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The publication provides examples of how the tables can be used in determining if, when and how many trees to remove in a thinning, according to the objectives of the landowner.\u00a0 It includes printable stand density tables for six different Oregon tree species.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2043\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy-145x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy-145x300.png 145w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy-768x1594.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy-493x1024.png 493w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2018\/10\/figure1copy.png 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make this publication part of this winter\u2019s reading list.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad withrow-Robinson, Forestry &amp; Natural Resources Extension agent for Benton, Linn and Polk Counties As you know I am an outspoken advocate of thinning woodland stands, suggesting that for many (not all) family landowners \u201cthin early, thin often\u201d is the path to the future forest they envision.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Amy and I have posted numerous articles illustrating&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/2018\/10\/08\/competition-and-density-in-woodland-stands\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2048,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}