Effects of planting spacing and site quality on 25-year growth and mortality relationships of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-25

  Harrington, Timothy B ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a   DeBell, Dean S ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Crown ratio; Plantation; Stand density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHES; AVERAGE HEIGHTS; CROWN RATIO; DOUGLAS FIRS; EARLY GROWTHS; HIGH-QUALITY SITES; MAXIMUM VALUES; PIECEWISE REGRESSIONS; PLANTATION; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RELATIVE VALUES; SITE QUALITIES; STAND DENSITY; STAND DENSITY INDICES; STEM DIAMETERS; TREE SIZES; WASHINGTON;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPETITION; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS;

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTING; PSEUDOTSUGA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 67349287420     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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