Thinning effect on height and radial growth of Pinus thunbergii Parlat. trees with special reference to trunk slenderness in a matured coastal forest in Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-481

  Masaka, Kazuhiko ^a   Sato, Hajime ^a   Torita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kon, Hirokazu ^a   Fukuchi, Minoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal forest; Height growth contribution (HGC); Pinus thunbergii Parlat.; Thinning intensity; Trunk slenderness

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FOREST; HEIGHT GROWTH; PINUS THUNBERGII PARLAT; THINNING INTENSITY; TRUNK SLENDERNESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DIAMETER; FOREST; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; STORM; THINNING; TRADE-OFF; TREE; WIND;

COASTS; FORESTS; PINUS THUNBERGII; THINNING;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

PINUS THUNBERGII;

EID: 84888036497     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-012-0373-y     Document Type: Article

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