The crown shape of an evergreen oak, Quercus glauca, in a hardwood community

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Ito, Hiroki ^a   Sumida, Akihiro ^a,b   Isagi, Yuji ^a   Kamo, Koichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crown shape; Hardwood community; Probe cylinder method; Quercus glauca; Stem volume growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001995650     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348474     Document Type: Article

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