Time and distance to clear wood in pruned red alder saplings

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW

Volumn , Issue 669, 2006, Pages 103-113

  DeBell, Dean S ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^b   Singleton, Ryan ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Wood Science and Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRUNING; SAPLING; STAND STRUCTURE;

ALNUS RUBRA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 33746170165     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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