The productivity of Douglas fir in Ireland

Forestry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-545

  Dunbar, Anthony ^a   Ni Dhubhain, Aine ^a   Bulfin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0036918922     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/75.5.537     Document Type: Article

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