Use of Pilodyn tester for estimating basic density in standing trees of hardwood plantation

Beijing Linye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing Forestry University

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Yin, Ya Fang ^a   Wang, Li Juan ^a   Jiang, Xiao Mei ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Basic density; Hardwood plantation; Pilodyn tester; Standing tree

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HARDWOODS; WOOD;

BASIC DENSITY; BREAST HEIGHT; FIELD TESTING; HARDWOOD PLANTATION; HARDWOOD SPECIES; INCREMENT CORE; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; OUTERWOOD BASIC DENSITY; PILODYN TESTER; STANDING TREE; STANDING TREES; WOOD BASIC DENSITY; WOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

CORRELATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTATIONS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 52249084975     PISSN: 10001522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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