Crown, stem and wood properties of wind-damaged and undamaged Sitka spruce

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 73-81

  Dunham, Roger A ^a   Cameron, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crown properties; Picea sitchensis; Stem properties; Wind damage; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; STORM DAMAGE; TREE; WIND;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0034666536     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00299-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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