Height development of upper-canopy trees within even-aged adirondack northern hardwood stands

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Nyland, Ralph D ^a   Ray, David G ^b   Yanai, Ruth D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack northern hardwoods; Early stand development; Shelterwood cutting; Species height growth

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; GROWTH KINETICS; HARDWOODS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ADIRONDACK NORTHERN HARDWOODS; CANOPY TREES; EARLY STAND DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES HEIGHT GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; FAGUS; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; SHELTERWOOD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 12344303984     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/21.3.117     Document Type: Article

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