Modeling crown structural responses to competing vegetation control, thinning, fertilization, and Swiss needle cast in coastal Douglas-fir of the Pacific Northwest, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 96-109

  Weiskittel, Aaron R ^a   Maguire, Douglas A ^a   Monserud, Robert A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown profile; Crown structure; Douglas fir; Fertilization; Intensive management; Maximum branch diameter profile; Plantation management; Thinning; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CROWN PROFILE; CROWN STRUCTURE; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM BRANCH DIAMETER PROFILE;

VEGETATION;

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOREST HEALTH; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

CROWNS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOTSUGA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

PHAEOCRYPTOPUS GAEUMANNII; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 34249071452     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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