Hurricane katrina winds damaged longleaf pine less than loblolly pine

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 178-181

  Johnsen, Kurt H ^a   Butnor, John R ^a   Kush, John S ^b   Schmidtling, Ron C ^a   Nelson, C Dana ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Loblolly pine; Longleaf pine; Slash pine; Wind damage

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE KATRINA; LOBLOLLY PINE; LOBLOLLY PINE (PINUS TAEDA L.); LONGLEAF PINE; PINE SPECIES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SLASH PINES; WIND DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; MORTALITY; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA; SILVICULTURE; WIND;

PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 70449411778     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/33.4.178     Document Type: Article

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