Rotation-age results from a loblolly pine spacing trial

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Amateis, Ralph L ^a   Burkhart, Harold E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Growth and yield; Pinus taeda L.; Spacing

Indexed keywords

GROWTH AND YIELD; HIGH-DENSITY; INITIAL SPACING; LOBLOLLY PINE; PINUS TAEDA; PLANTING DENSITY; PRODUCT DEFINITION; SAWTIMBER; SHORT ROTATION; SPACING; TOTAL YIELD; VOLUME YIELD; WOOD PRODUCTION; WOODY BIOMASS; YIELD PRODUCTION;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ROTATION;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY; GROWTH; PINUS TAEDA; ROTATION;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84857609220     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/sjaf.10-038     Document Type: Article

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