Effects of cold temperatures on breakage of lodgepole pine and white spruce twigs

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1650-1653

  Lieffers, S M ^a   Lieffers, V J ^a   Silins, U ^a   Bach, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

TWIG BREAKAGE;

FORESTRY;

BREAKAGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; STEM; TEMPERATURE;

PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0034764318     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x01-087     Document Type: Article

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