Linkages between silviculture and ecology: An analysis of density management diagrams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 205-220

  Jack, Steven B ^a   Long, James N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DMD; Relative density; Self thinning; Size density

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAND DENSITY;

EID: 0030587664     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03770-X     Document Type: Article

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