Crown release improves growth of 20-year-old Betula alleghaniensis in tolerant northern hardwood stands

New Forests

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-99

  Wood, James E ^a   Von Althen, Friedrich W ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

crown space; release; thinning; yellow birch

Indexed keywords

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULACEAE;

CROWN RELEASE; CROWN SPACE; GROWTH; THINNING; YELLOW BIRCH;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0029660638     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00036622     Document Type: Article

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