Effect of thinning, fertilization with biosolids, and weather on interannual ring specific gravity and carbon accumulation of a 55-year-old Douglas-fir stand in western Washington

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-85

  Kantavichai, Rapeepan ^a   Briggs, David G ^a   Turnblom, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS EQUATIONS; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CARBON STORAGE; COMBINED TREATMENT; DEVELOPED MODEL; DOUGLAS FIR; DRY MASS; EARLYWOOD; GROWTH RINGS; INTERANNUAL; LATEWOOD; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VOLUME CHANGE; WASHINGTON; X RAY DENSITOMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER; HANDBOOKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOSOLID; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; THINNING; TIMBER TRADE; TREE RING;

CLIMATES; DENSITY; FORESTRY; GRAVITATION; GROUND WATER; MODELS; MOISTURE; SOIL;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 75649148186     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-168     Document Type: Article

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