Australia’s forests and forestry glossary
Selection harvesting
A native forest silvicultural system in which trees (typically those of a specified size or growth stage) are removed singly or in groups, while other trees (such as regrowth, saplings, pole stems or habitat trees) are retained. Generally used in uneven-aged stands.
See Group selection, Harvesting, Sapling, Silvicultural system, Single-tree/small group selection, Uneven-aged forest.
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