Porcupine feeding damage in precommercially thinned conifer stands of central southeast Alaska

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Eglitis, Andris ^a   Hennon, Paul E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0000455983     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/12.4.115     Document Type: Article

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