Influence of climate on top height and diameter development in Pinus Radiata forests in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand

Commonwealth Forestry Review

Volumn , Issue 251, 1998, Pages 267-271

  Woollons, R C ^a   Sands, R ^a   Snowdon, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Growth; Pinus radiata; Predictive equations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0032428584     PISSN: 00103381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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