1. Impact of thinning on volume and on growth rate (i.e., slope of volume curve)

2. From Muir et al. 2002 (see T-drive)

8. Pre-commercial thin in a mixed stand of lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and Douglas-fir.

9. Overstocked planted stand (from natural pine seeding) after thinning using a drum chopper

10. Geometrical thinning in Norway spruce Every 7 th row removed to facilitate access into the stand Low thinning in intermediate rows

11. Norway spruce stand after repeated thinnings

12. Red alder thinning, BC

13. White spruce thinning, 25 yrs

16. Douglas-fir thinning McDonald Forest cable corridor Same corridor 8 years later

17. Feller-buncher, Alberta, Canada David P. Shorthouse, University of Alberta, www.forestryimages.org

18. Thinning dense loblolly stand with an early fall burn in Georgia

19. Marked white pine stand