Structural stocking guides: A new look at an old friend

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1044-1056

  Gove, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

DENSITY MANAGEMENT; FOREST TYPES; STOCKING;

FORESTRY;

DIAMETER; FORESTRY; STOCKING DENSITY;

EID: 3042845902     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-272     Document Type: Article

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