Conifer response to three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range foothills

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1967-1978

  Walter, Scott T ^a,b   Maguire, Chris C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING;

GREEN TREES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONDITION FACTOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE;

COASTS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 9944257145     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-068     Document Type: Article

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