Damage characteristics in young Douglas-fir stands from commercial thinning with four timber harvesting systems

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Han, Han Sup ^a   Kellogg, Loren D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HARVESTERS; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COMMERCIAL THINNING; DAMAGED TREES; FORESTS; GOUGING; PSEUDOTSUGA; RESIDUAL TREES;

LUMBER;

ABIES; MILETINAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0033714289     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/15.1.27     Document Type: Article

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