Modeling Response to Thinning in Loblolly Pine Plantations

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-22

  Amateis, Ralph L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005919614     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/24.1.17     Document Type: Article

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