A review of the effects of silviculture on timber quality of Sitka spruce

Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-138

  Macdonald, Elspeth ^a   Hubert, Jason ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVICULTURE; WOOD QUALITY;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0036107335     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/75.2.107     Document Type: Review

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