The biology and silviculture of pruning planted eucalypts for clear wood production - A review

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Montagu, K D ^a   Kearney, D E ^a   Smith, R G B ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy dynamics; Decay; Eucalyptus; Pruning; Self pruning; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; QUALITY CONTROL; SAWING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HARDWOOD FIBERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; PLANTING; PRUNING; SAWING; SILVICULTURE; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0037708307     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00579-0     Document Type: Review

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