Estimating relative error in growth ring analyses of second-growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2216-2222

  Waring, Kristen M ^a,b   O'Hara, Kevin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PROBABILITY;

REDWOOD; RELATIVE ERRORS;

SOFTWOODS;

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH DETERMINATION; MIXED FOREST;

FORESTRY; GROWTH RINGS; PROBABILITY; SECONDARY GROWTH; SEQUOIA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 33845657842     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-127     Document Type: Article

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