Growth analysis of Scots pine and lodgepole pine seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Norgren, Olov ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SCA Skog AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Growth analysis; Lodgepole pine; Relative growth rate; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LODGEPOLE PINE; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING;

PINACEAE; PINUS CONTORTA LATIFOLIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030587656     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03800-5     Document Type: Article

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