Long-term effects of tanoak competition on Douglas-fir stand development

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 765-776

  Harrington, Timothy B ^a   Tappeiner II, John C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST HEIGHTS; CANOPY LAYERS; CROP TREES; DENSIFLORUS; DIFFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; DOUGLAS FIRS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PURE STANDS; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND GROWTHS; STAND STRUCTURES; WOODY SPECIES;

CAVES; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; HERBICIDE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; VEGETATION COVER;

FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; LITHOCARPUS; PLANTATIONS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS DENSIFLORUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 65349144831     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-004     Document Type: Article

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