Kozak's Variable-Exponent Taper Equation Regionalized for White Spruce in Alberta

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-85

  Huang, Shongming ^a   Price, Daryl ^a   Morgan, Dave ^a   Peck, Karl ^a  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

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EID: 0442295160     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/15.2.75     Document Type: Article

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