Intra-annual growth and mortality of four Populus clones in pure and mixed plantings

New Forests

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Devine, Warren D ^a   Harrington, Constance A ^a   Debell, Dean S ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Clonal plantation; Populus; Short rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957894308     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-009-9171-6     Document Type: Article

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