Incorporation of genetic gain into growth projections of douglas-fir using ORGANON and the forest vegetation simulator

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Gould, Peter J ^a   Marshall, David D ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Growth models; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; GROWTH AND YIELD; GROWTH MODELS; GROWTH PROJECTIONS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; STAND DEVELOPMENT; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; MODELS; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; TREES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 77952750693     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/25.2.55     Document Type: Article

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