Stem form variations in the natural stands of major commercial softwoods in eastern Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1303-1310

  Tong, Q J ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Black spruce; Eccentricity; Jack pine; Red spruce; Stem deformations; Stem form; Sweep; Taper; White spruce

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOFTWOODS; WOOD;

ATLANTIC; BALSAM FIR; BASAL SWEEP; BLACK SPRUCE; BREAST HEIGHT; BUTT LOGS; CURVED SHAPES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHT; ECCENTRICITY; ECONOMIC VALUES; FOREST MANAGERS; IN-BETWEEN; JACK PINE; LUMBER RECOVERY; MEAN VALUES; RED SPRUCE; STEM DEFORMATIONS; STEM FORM; STEM TAPER; SWEEP; TAPER; TIMBER QUALITY; TREE HEIGHT; WHITE SPRUCE; WOOD INDUSTRY; WOOD PROCESSING;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; ECCENTRICITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SILVICULTURE; STEM; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

FORESTRY; LUMBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA; SOFTWOODS; TAPERING; TREES; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 49749152048     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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