Overstory response to alternative thinning treatments in young Douglas-fir forests of Western Oregon

Northwest Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Davis, Liane R ^a,c   Puettmann, Klaus J ^a   Tucker, Gabriel F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Castor International   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; THINNING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34247544354     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-81.1.1     Document Type: Article

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