Red alder: Its management and potential

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 669, 2006, Pages 73-86

  Bluhm, Andrew A ^a   Hibbs, David E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus rubra; Management; Planting density; Precommercial thinning; Red alder; Silviculture; Stand yield; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; YIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33746110705     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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