The use of aerial photographs to distinguish between stocking and density of western hemlock stands on the University of British Columbia Research Forest, Haney, B.C.
Quantitative measures of stand density and stocking are very important because only with full knowledge of the growing stock can a forest be managed efficiently. Stocking is concerned with fraction of area occupied with trees. Density is related to the degree of crowding within the area occupied. Th...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36174 |