Absolute and relative changes in tree growth rates and changes to the stand diameter distribution of Pinus taeda as a result of midrotation fertilizer applications

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2063-2071

  Carlson, Colleen A ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a   Allen, H Lee ^b   Fox, Thomas R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FINAL PRODUCTS; GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS; GROWTH RESPONSES; INDIVIDUAL TREES; LOCATION AND SCALE PARAMETERS; MEAN DIAMETER; RELATIVE CHANGES; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SITE INDEX; STAND DENSITIES; THREE PARAMETER WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; TREE GROWTH; UNITED STATES; WEIBULL;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; SILVICULTURE;

ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORUS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 47649104783     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-050     Document Type: Article

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