Comparative growing space efficiency of four tree species in mixed conifer - hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 361-377

  Webster, Christopher R ^a,b   Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Acer saccharum; Betula alleghaniensis; Growing space efficiency; Hemlock northern hardwoods; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

GROWING SPACE EFFICIENCY (GSE);

HARDWOODS;

GROWTH; MIXED FOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPACING; TREE;

BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SAPINDACEAE; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0037424921     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00394-8     Document Type: Article

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