Stand Productivity and Development in Two Mixed-Species Spacing Trials in the Central Oregon Cascades

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-105

  Garber, Sean M ^a   Maguire, Douglas A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies grandis; P. Ponderosa; Pinus contorta; Relative yield; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS;

GROWTH RATES; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 1242332904     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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