Crown recession patterns in three conifer species of the northern Rocky Mountains

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-646

  Garber, Sean M ^a   Monserud, Robert A ^b   Maguire, Douglas A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PNW Research

Author keywords

Branch reconstruction; Conditional crown recession; Crown recession probability; Interior Douglas fir; Ponderosa pine; Western white pine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); LANDFORMS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESTORATION;

BRANCH RECONSTRUCTION; CONDITIONAL CROWN RECESSION; CROWN RECESSION PROBABILITY; INTERIOR DOUGLAS-FIR; PONDEROSA PINE; WESTERN WHITE PINE;

FORESTRY;

CONSTRUCTION; CROWNS; GROWTH; LAND USE; PINUS PONDEROSA; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESTORATION; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TREES; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS MONTICOLA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 58149229559     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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