Foliage and stand growth responses of semimature lodgepole pine to thinning and fertilization

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1794-1804

  Yang, Richard C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING; TREE;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0032468133     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-148     Document Type: Article

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