Developing silvicultural systems based on partial cutting in western hemlock-Sitka spruce stands of southeast Alaska

Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-431

  Deal, Robert L ^a   Tappeiner, John C ^b   Hennon, Paul E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISEASE; GROWTH; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM TSUGENSE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036417762     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/75.4.425     Document Type: Article

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