Effect of early age woody and herbaceous competition control on wood properties of loblolly pine

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1639-1647

  Antony, Finto ^a   Schimleck, Laurence R ^a   Jordan, Lewis ^b   Clark, Alexander ^c   Daniels, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service ^*

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive management; Juvenile wood; Linear mixed model; Pinus taeda L.

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BLOCK DESIGNS; BREAST HEIGHT; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPETITION CONTROL; EARLY AGE; EARLYWOOD; GROWTH AND YIELD; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; INCREMENT CORE; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE PERIOD; JUVENILE WOODS; LATEWOOD; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; LOBLOLLY PINE; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; PINUS TAEDA; WOODY VEGETATION;

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VEGETATION;

WEED CONTROL;

AGE; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; WEED CONTROL; WOOD QUALITY; YIELD;

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HERBS; JUVENILE WOOD; METEOROLOGY; PINUS TAEDA; PLANTATIONS; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD; WEED CONTROL; WOOD PROPERTIES;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 80051822627     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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