Effect of pruning Acacia mangium on growth, form and heart rot

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 261-267

  Beadle, Chris ^a,b   Barry, Karen ^b,c   Hardiyanto, Eko ^d,e   Irianto, Ragil ^f   Junarto, ^d   Mohammed, Caroline ^a,b,c   Rimbawanto, Anto ^g  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

^b CRC Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d PT Musi Hutan Persada (MHP)   (Indonesia)

^e GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f FORDA   (Indonesia)

^g FORDA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Crown projection area; Height and diameter; Singling; Solid wood; Stem defect

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROWN PROJECTION AREA; HEIGHT AND DIAMETER; SINGLING; SOLID WOODS; STEM DEFECTS;

TIMBER;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRUNING; STEM; TREE;

ACACIA MANGIUM; FORESTS; FUNGI; PLANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH SUMATRA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 33845939849     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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