The relative density of forests in the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 368-372

  Woodall, Christopher W ^a   Perry, Charles H ^a   Miles, Patrick D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fire; Relative density; Stand density index; United States

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

FIRE; RELATIVE DENSITY; STAND DENSITY INDEX; UNITED STATES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST INVENTORY;

FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645863129     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.032     Document Type: Article

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