Stand density relationships in baldcypress

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-343

  Keim, Richard F ^a   Dean, Thomas J ^b   Chambers, Jim L ^b   Conner, William H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nyssa aquatica L; Self thinning; Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.; Thinning

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER INCREMENT; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; FOREST TYPE; LITTLE RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MAXIMUM DENSITY; NYSSA AQUATICA; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT; SELF-THINNING; SITE OCCUPANCY; STAND DENSITIES; STAND DENSITY INDEX; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THINNING; VOLUME INCREMENT; WOOD DENSITY;

METRIC SYSTEM;

FORESTRY;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; METRIC SYSTEM; NYSSA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAND DENSITY; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; THINNING;

NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSACEAE; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 77956838015     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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