Clearcutting

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001349",
  "term": "Clearcutting",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The cutting method that describes the silvicultural system in which the old crop is cleared over a considerable area at one time. Regeneration then occurs from (a) natural seeding from adjacent stands, (b) seed contained in the slash or logging debris, (c) advance growth, or (d) planting or direct seeding. An even-aged forest usually results.",
  "synonyms": [
    "clear cutting",
    "clear-cutting",
    "clearcutting system"
  ],
  "subject": "Forestry, Wildland Management",
  "see_also": [
    "high forest systems",
    "even-aged management",
    "even-aged stands",
    "slash",
    "strip cutting",
    "patch cutting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "corta a hecho"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/clearcutting/"
}