Number and diameter of breast-height region branches in a Douglas-fir spacing trial and linkage to log quality

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Briggs, David ^a,c   Ingaramo, Luciana ^b   Turnblom, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST HEIGHT REGION; BUTT LOG; PLANTING DENSITY;

FORESTRY; QUALITY CONTROL;

WOOD;

QUALITY CONTROL; TREES; WOOD;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 35448991229     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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