Lumber recovery and value of dead and sound black spruce trees grown in the North Shore region of Québec

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 603-615

  Barrette, Julie ^a   Pothier, David ^a   Auty, David ^a   Achim, Alexis ^a   Duchesne, Isabelle ^b   Gélinas, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumber value; Product recovery; Recently dead merchantable trees; Volume recovery; Wood degradation

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; VOLUME; WOOD; YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84865982938     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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