Natural regeneration in thinned Douglas-fir stands in Western Oregon

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-274

  Kuehne, Christian ^a   Puettmann, Klaus J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Multivariate analysis; Natural regeneration; Oregon; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Thinning

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL REGENERATION; OREGON; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THINNING;

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERSTORY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 67649422241     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810802256221     Document Type: Article

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