Silvicultural systems for southern bottomland hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 127-140

  Meadows, James S ^a   Stanturf, John A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Even aged regeneration; Partial cuttings; Patch cutting; Quercus; Uneven aged regeneration

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOOD FOREST; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0031060853     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03898-4     Document Type: Article

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