Models on branch characteristics of wide-spaced Douglas-fir

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 791, 2009, Pages 23-33

  Hein, Sebastian ^a   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^b   Kohnle, Ulrich ^c  

^a University of Applied Forest Sciences   (Germany)

^b Forest Research Institute of Baden   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchiness; Douglas fir; Generalized linear mixed models; Timber quality; Wide spacing

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SPACING; TIMBER; TREE PLANTING; WOOD QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 70349589889     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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