An adjustable predictor of crown profile for stand-grown Douglas-fir trees

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Hann, David W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Crown area; Crown modeling; Crown shape; Crown width

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032902590     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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