Permanent-plot procedures for silvicultural and yield research

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 634, 2005, Pages 1-86

  Curtis, Robert O ^a   Marshall, David D ^a  

^a Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Permanent sample plots; Plot analysis; Sample plot design; Tree measurement

Indexed keywords

SILVICULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844440205     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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