Productivity of southern pine plantations: Where are we and how did we get here?

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 26-31

  Stanturf, John A ^a   Kellison, Robert C ^c   Broerman, F S ^c   Jones, Stephen B ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Economics; Plantations; Silviculture; Timber markets

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY;

PLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0041519285     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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