Influence of early re-spacing on Sitka spruce branch structure

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Auty, David ^a,d   Weiskittel, Aaron R ^b   Achim, Alexis ^a,d   Moore, John R ^c,e   Gardiner, Barry A ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Branch angle; Early re spacing; Maximum branch size; Number of branches; Picea sitchensis .Wood quality; Relative branch size

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GAP DYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; WOOD;

IRELAND;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84863419725     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0141-8     Document Type: Article

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