Excerpt from Effect of One Low Thinning on Cove and Slope Hardwoods in the New Jersey HighlandsOver a 27 - year period the chief effects of thinning on the slope stand were to reduce mortality and to coneen trate growth on fewer, slightly larger trees than in the un thinned stand. However, these effects were so slight that similar thinning of slope stands is not recommended.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.