Crown index: A canopy balance indicator to assess growth and regeneration in uneven-aged forest stands of the Coastal Range of Chile

Forestry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-351

  Donoso, Pablo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GROWTH RATE; INDEX METHOD; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAURELIA PHILIPPIANA;

EID: 24944515694     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi046     Document Type: Article

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