Thinning red pine plantations and the langsaeter hypothesis: A Northern Minnesota case study

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Gilmore, Daniel W ^a   O'Brien, Timothy C ^a   Hoganson, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Silviculture; Tree growth; Volume equations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS;

GROWTH AND YIELD; RED PINE PLANTATIONS; TREE GROWTH; VOLUME EQUATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; SILVICULTURE; STOCKING DENSITY;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 15844424858     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/22.1.19     Document Type: Article

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