50 years of low thinning in second growth Douglas-fir

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-405

  Stinson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative silviculture; Extended rotations; Growth and yield; Low thinning; Mean annual increment; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; ROTATION; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; YIELD;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033133948     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc75401-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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