Effect of Early Thinning Treatments on Above-Ground Growth, Biomass Production, Leaf Area Index and Leaf Growth Efficiency in a Hybrid Aspen Coppice Stand

The bioeconomy strategies in the EU are expected to lead to increased consumption of woody biomass. The empirical knowledge of asexually regenerated hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides Michx.) coppice stand production and responses to silvicultural treatments is still poor. In hemiboreal Estonia, four different management treatments (corridor thinning with ~67% removal, cross-corridor thinning with ~89% removal, single-tree...