A new girth band for measuring stem diameter changes

Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 431-439

  Pesonen, Erkki ^a   Mielikäinen, Kari ^a   Mäkinen, Harri ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

DIAMETER; FORESTRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STEM;

EID: 10344228288     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/77.5.431     Document Type: Article

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