Vertical trends in maximum branch diameter in two mixed-species spacing trials in the central Oregon Cascades

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-307

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

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS;

EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; SPACING RESPONSE;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIAMETER; GROWTH; SILVICULTURE; SPACING;

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; FORESTRY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 19544375949     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-164     Document Type: Article

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