Effects of tree size and position on pipe model ratios in Scots pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1294-1304

  Berninger, Frank ^a,b   Coll, Lluis ^b,d   Vanninen, Petteri ^c   Mäkelä, Annikki ^a   Palmroth, Sari ^a,d   Nikinmaa, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Saima Centre for Environmental Sciences   (Finland)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION; WOOD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; FOLIAGE MASS; TREE SIZE;

FORESTRY;

FOLIAGE; TREE;

BRANCHES; PINUS; PLANTS; TREES; WOOD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 26944463872     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-055     Document Type: Article

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