Sapwood taper models and implied sapwood volume and foliage profiles for coastal Douglas-fir

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 849-863

  Maguire, Douglas A ^a   Batista, João L F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS-FIR; TAPER MODEL;

PINACEAE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0030469120     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-093     Document Type: Article

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