Growth of ponderosa pine thinned to different stocking levels in central Oregon: 30-year results

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-508, 1999, Pages 1-27

  Cochran, P H ^a   Barrett, James W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Growth; Mortality; Mountain pine beetle; Pandora moth; Ponderosa pine; Thinning; Yield

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE; THINNING; YIELD RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; COLORADIA PANDORA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS PONDEROSA; SATURNIIDAE; SCOLYTIDAE;

EID: 0032880764     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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