A stocking guide for European larch in Eastern North America

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-38

  Gilmore, Daniel W ^a   Briggs, Russell D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Forest plantations; Productivity; Self thinning; Silviculture; Spacing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BASAL AREAS; FOREST PLANTATIONS; PLANTING DENSITIES; SELF THINNINGS;

WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; LARIX; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; SPACING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THINNINGS; TREES; WOOD;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 0012538583     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/20.1.34     Document Type: Article

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