Variations in the radial growth and wood density components in relation to cambial age in 30-year-old Pinus brutia Ten. at two test sites

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 975-986

  Guller, Bilgin ^a   Isik, Kani ^b   Cetinay, Senay ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cambial age; Juvenile wood; Mature wood; Pinus brutia Ten.; Radial growth; Thinning; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CAMBIAL AGE; JUVENILE WOODS; MATURE WOOD; PINUS BRUTIA; RADIAL GROWTH; THINNING; WOOD DENSITY;

HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; JUVENILE WOOD; PINUS BRUTIA; THINNING; TURKEY; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 84860495547     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0675-2     Document Type: Article

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