Maximum stand-density index of 40 western hemlock-sitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Poage, Nathan J ^a   Marshall, David D ^a   McClellan, Michael H ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Pacific Northwest; Picea sitchensis; Self thinning; Stand density index; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

SELF-THINNING TRAJECTORIES;

SOFTWOODS;

ALASKA; BASAL AREA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SITE INDEX; STAND DENSITY; THINNING; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

CONIUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 34247507208     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.2.99     Document Type: Article

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