A comparison of growth and stand structural characteristics in pure- and mixed-family stands of loblolly pine

Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-196

  Adams, Joshua P ^a   Roberts, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field deployment; Ideotype; Loblolly pine; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

FIELD DEPLOYMENT; IDEOTYPE; LOBLOLLY PINE; LOBLOLLY PINE (PINUS TAEDA L.); LOBLOLLY PINE STANDS; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84875968485     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-045     Document Type: Article

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