Evaluating the effect of precommercial thinning on the resistance of balsam fir to windthrow through experimentation, modelling, and development of simple indices

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1844-1853

  Achim, A ^a,b   Ruel, J C ^a   Gardiner, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; WIND;

PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING; TREE-PULLING;

FORESTRY;

SILVICULTURE; THINNING; WINDTHROW;

DIMENSIONS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 28744445453     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-130     Document Type: Article

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