Stand development following precommercial thinning and fertilization treatments in a western redcedar (Thuja plicata) dominated forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-164

  Harrington, Constance A ^a   Devine, Warren D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DIAMETER CLASS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; NORTH AMERICAN; OLYMPICS; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SITE QUALITY; SIZE CLASS; STAND BASAL AREA; STAND DEVELOPMENT; TREE SPECIES; VOLUME GROWTH; WASHINGTON , USA; WESTERN REDCEDAR;

ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; DOMINANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEIGHT; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; VOLUME;

OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 78951470123     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-193     Document Type: Article

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