Definition: Rotation age

Category: Forestry

The planned number of years between the establishment or regeneration of a tree crop or stand and its final cutting at a specified stage of maturity.
Source:
Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE)/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Terms and Definitions, "Temperate and Boreal Forest Resources Assessment 2000", United Nations, July 1997
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