Diameter increment in mature eastern white pine Pinus strobus L. following partial harvest of old-growth stands in Ontario, Canada

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Bebber, Daniel P ^a,c   Thomas, Sean C ^a   Cole, William G ^b   Balsillie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Structural retention harvest; Tree ring increment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY;

SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS;

EID: 1642564056     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0274-y     Document Type: Article

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