Twenty-year results of precommercial thinning in a balsam fir stand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 168, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 177-186

  Pothier, David ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Growth and yield; Mortality; Precommercial thinning; Spruce budworm; Stand density

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION;

RESIDUAL DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; PEST DAMAGE; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; YIELD;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 0036723045     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00738-1     Document Type: Article

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