Comparing site productivity of mature fire-origin and post-harvest juvenile lodgepole pine stands in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1181-1191

  Huang, Shongming ^a   Monserud, Robert A ^b   Braun, Thomas ^c   Lougheed, Hugh ^c   Bakowsky, Olenka ^d  

^a Forest Management Branch   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Weldwood of Canada Limited   (Canada)

^d Forestry Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DRAG SCARIFICATION; GROWTH AND YIELD PROJECTION SYSTEM (GYPSY); POST-HARVEST JUVENILE STANDS;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; INDEX METHOD; STAND DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PRODUCTION; SIMULATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 4544350375     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-009     Document Type: Article

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