Long-term growth trends of red spruce and fraser fir at Mt. Rogers, Virginia and Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Goelz, J C G ^a   Burk, Thomas E ^b   Zedaker, Shepard M ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Height growth; Radial growth; Stem analysis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES FRASERI; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0033535335     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00435-6     Document Type: Article

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