Impact of initial spacing and precommercial thinning on jack pine tree growth and stem quality

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-428

  Tong, Q J ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Initial spacing; Stem quality; Survival; Thinning; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS;

PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING (PCT); STEM QUALITY; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH RATE; THINNING;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; STEMS; THINNING; TREES;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 21244453629     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81418-3     Document Type: Article

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