Comparing tree and stand volume growth response to low and crown thinning in young natural Douglas-fir Stands

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-133

  Emmingham, Wm ^a   Fletcher, Rick ^a   Fitzgerald, Stephen A ^a   Bennett, Max ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown class; Relative density; Stand differentiation; Thinning strategies

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; SOFTWOODS;

RESIDUAL SUBORDINATE TREES; STAND DIFFERENTIATION;

FORESTRY;

CROWN CLASSES; DENSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PSEUDOTSUGA; STAND VOLUME; THINNING;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34247501727     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.2.124     Document Type: Article

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