Validation of a stem straightness scoring system for Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.)

Forestry

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-429

  MacDonald, Elspeth ^a   Mochan, Shaun ^a   Connolly, Thomas ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LOGGING (TIMBER); QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 70349948765     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpp011     Document Type: Article

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