Growth of western redcedar and yellow-cedar

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 828, 2010, Pages 97-102

  Harrington, Constance A ^a   Gould, Peter J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter growth; Height growth; Redcedar; Site index; Size density relationships; Yellow cedar

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE;

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; CHAMAECYPARIS; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 78650424946     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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