Patterns of basic density variation for Pinus radiata grown in south-west slopes region of New South Wales, Australia

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-95

  Raymond, Carolyn A ^a,b   Joe, B ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age trends; Basic density; Juvenile wood; Thinning

Indexed keywords

LOGGING (FORESTRY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOFTWOODS;

BASIC DENSITY; FIVE-RING SEGMENTS; FOREST AREA;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; THINNING; TREE RING;

BARK; HARVESTING; JUVENILE WOOD; PINUS RADIATA; PITH; PROBABILITY; THINNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33947227880     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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