Allometric crown relations in three northern Idaho conifer species

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-535

  Monserud, Robert A ^a   Marshall, John D ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS MONTICOLA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0033022004     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-015     Document Type: Article

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