Tree height tarifs and volume estimation errors in New Brunswick

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 713-

  Magnusscn, Stecn ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

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