Foliage - Sapwood area relationships for Abies balsamea in central Maine, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2071-2079

  Gilmore, Daniel W ^a   Seymour, Robert S ^b   Maguire, Douglas A ^c  

^a Canadian Forest Products Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALSAM FIR; LEAF AREA; PIPE MODEL THEORY; SAPWOOD;

USA, MAINE;

ABIES BALSAMEA; PINACEAE;

EID: 0030404849     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-235     Document Type: Article

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