Stand density management diagram for jack pine stands in Eastern Canada

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-29

  Sharma, Mahadev ^b   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Height and diameter isolines; Maximum size density relationship; Mean volume; Quadratic mean diameter; Stand density

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION;

PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS (PSP); STAND DENSITY MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; SIMULATION;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 34147196268     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/24.1.22     Document Type: Article

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