Coppicing technique
“To cut the main stem at the base or to injure the roots to stimulate the production of new shoots for regeneration” (Society of American Foresters 2008).
References
Society of American Foresters 2008, Society of American Foresters, Maryland U.S. viewed 4 February 2014, <http://dictionaryofforestry.org/dict/term/silviculture>.