Top height definition and its effect on site index determination in thinned and unthinned loblolly pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 168, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 163-175

  Sharma, Mahadev ^a   Amateis, Ralph L ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest growth; Pinus taeda; Site productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION;

CODOMINANT;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0036723382     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00737-X     Document Type: Article

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