Sapwood amount in Picea abies (L.) Karst. Determined by tree age and radial growth rate

Holzforschung

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Sellin, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Picea abies; Regression model; Sapwood radial width; Sapwood transverse area; Tree age; Tree growth rate

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA; DIAMETER INCREMENT; GROWTH RATE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PICEA ABIES; REGRESSION MODEL; SAPWOOD; SOFTWOOD; WIDTH;

WOOD;

EID: 0030365318     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1996.50.4.291     Document Type: Article

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