Patterns in height-diameter relationships for selected tree spicies and sites in eastern Texas

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1445-1448

  Fulton, Mark R ^a  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; DIAMETER; HEIGHT; TREE;

EID: 0033306492     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-103     Document Type: Article

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