Within-tree patterns of wood stiffness for white spruce (Picea glauca) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-171

  Sattler, Derek F ^a   Comeau, Philip G ^a   Achim, Alexis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; RATE OF INCREASE; SILVICULTURAL PRESCRIPTIONS; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

FORESTRY;

AGE; BARK; BOREAL; ELASTICITY; GROWTH RATE; STIFFNESS; TREE; WOOD;

CANADA; ECOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84893601018     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0150     Document Type: Article

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