Thirty-five-year growth of ponderosa pine saplings in response to thinning and understory removal

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-512, 1999, Pages 1-28

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

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Author keywords

Growth; Pinus ponderosa; Ponderosa pine; Saplings; Thinning; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH RESPONSE; SPACING; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0033377476     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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