Determining thinning regimes to reach stand density targets for any-aged stand management in the blue mountains of eastern Oregon

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 656, 2005, Pages 255-264

  Graetz, David ^a   Bettinger, Pete ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544449134     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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