Effects of restoration thinning on presettlement Pinus ponderosa in northern Arizona

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-182

  Stone, Joseph E ^a   Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Covington, W Wallace ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032758075     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72009.x     Document Type: Article

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