Modelling variation in wood density within and among trees in stands of New Zealand-grown radiata pine

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Kimberley, Mark O ^a   Cown, Dave J ^a   McKinley, Russell B ^a   Moore, John R ^a   Dowling, Leslie J ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HARDWOODS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGERS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; HISTORICAL DATASET; INDIVIDUAL TREE; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MODEL COMPONENTS; RADIAL VARIATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY; MODELING; WOOD;

FORESTRY; NEW ZEALAND; PINUS RADIATA; TREES; WOOD DENSITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84946904338     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: 11795395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40490-015-0053-8     Document Type: Article

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