Evaluation of growth response, stand value and financial return for pre-commercially thinned jack pine stands in Northwestern Ontario

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-235

  Tong, Q J ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a   Thompson, M ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b Provenance Forestry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic return; Lumber recovery; Product value; Total costs; Tree characteristics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; INVESTMENTS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); LUMBER; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

BENEFIT COST RATIOS; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING (PCT); STUD MILLS; THINNING INTENSITY;

FORESTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; COSTS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENT; LOGGING; LUMBER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PINUS BANKSIANA; THINNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944427530     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.032     Document Type: Article

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