Long-term outcome of precommercial thinning in northwestern New Brunswick: Growth and yield of balsam fir and red spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 592-610

  Pitt, Doug ^a   Lanteigne, Len ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING;

PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING; SPACINGS; STEM VOLUME GAINS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; REGENERATION; THINNING; YIELD RESPONSE;

ABIES; PICEA; THINNING;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 41949126742     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-132     Document Type: Article

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