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felling

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002449

The cutting down of standing trees. "Felling" is not a synonym for logging nor harvesting. These latter terms also include removal of felled trees and some initial processing of the timber prior to removal.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002449
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectForestry, Wildland Management
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsologging; log yarding; illicit felling; improvement felling; sour felling; sanitation felling; selective felling
TranslationsSpanish: tala
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002449",
  "term": "felling",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The cutting down of standing trees. \"Felling\" is not a synonym for logging nor harvesting. These latter terms also include removal of felled trees and some initial processing of the timber prior to removal.",
  "subject": "Forestry, Wildland Management",
  "see_also": [
    "logging",
    "log yarding",
    "illicit felling",
    "improvement felling",
    "sour felling",
    "sanitation felling",
    "selective felling"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "tala"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/felling/"
}

Record 2,449 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.