The conversion of even-aged stands to uneven-aged structure in Southern New England

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Kelty, Matthew J ^a   Kittredge Jr , David B ^a   Kyker Snowman, Thom ^b   Leighton, Adrian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Group selection; High grading; Patch selection; Selection method

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CUTTING; GRADING; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; SELECTION; VEGETATION;

GROUP SELECTION; HIGH-GRADING; PATCH SELECTION; SELECTION METHOD;

FORESTRY;

CUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SELECTION;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 4644343600     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/20.3.109     Document Type: Article

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