The use of multiple measurement techniques to refine estimates of conifer needle geometry

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Bond Lamberty, B ^a   Wang, C ^a   Gower, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCANNING;

IMMERSION METHODS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOMETRY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LAMB; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0037282341     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-166     Document Type: Article

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