Influence of initial stand density and genotype on longitudinal variation in modulus of elasticity for 17-year-old Pinus radiata

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Waghorn, Matthew J ^a   Mason, Euan G ^a   Watt, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breed; Initial stand density; Longitudinal variation; Modulus of elasticity; Pinus radiata; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; STIFFNESS;

INITIAL STAND DENSITY; LONGITUDINAL VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; GENOTYPE; HEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANT BREEDING; SILVICULTURE; STIFFNESS;

BREEDING; ELASTIC STRENGTH; PINUS RADIATA; STIFFNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 35448940132     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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