Provisional yield models of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn F.) plantations in northern Ghana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Nunifu, T K ^a   Murchison, H G ^b  

^a Fac Agric Univ Devmt Studs P   (Ghana)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Northern Ghana; Site index model; Teak; Tectona grandis; Volume tables; Yield models

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PLANTATION; YIELD;

AFRICA;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0033549626     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00529-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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