Field and wind tunnel assessments of the implications of respacing and thinning for tree stability

Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-252

  Gardiner, B A ^a,c   Stagey, G R ^b   Belcher, R E ^b   Wood, C J ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Englishworks   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESPACING; SITKA SPRUCE; STAND DENSITY; THINNING; TREE STABILITY; WIND LOADING;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINACEAE;

EID: 0030872759     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/70.3.233     Document Type: Article

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