Recovery of Pinus radiata saplings from tilting and bending

Australian Forestry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-219

  Cremer, K W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bending; Compression wood; Creep; Righting; Sinuosity; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001303235     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.1998.10674743     Document Type: Article

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