A model for estimating juvenile height of lodgepole pine

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Nigh, Gordon D ^a   Love, Bobby A ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green up; Height growth; Site index; Timber supply; Years to breast height

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

CANADA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0033536952     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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