Growth Patterns of Red Spruce Populations in Two Spruce-Fir Forest Stands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wu X. 1988. Growth Patterns of Red Spruce Populations in Two Spruce-Fir Forest Stands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee
ABSTRACT: Objectives: The objectives of this study are: To determine the growth pattern of red spruce populations by analyzing the tree ring series of canopy populations To compare the growth patterns of red spruce populations on south and north facing slopes. To compare the growth patterns of the noncanopy populations and canopy populations.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Wu, Xinyuan
- Date of Issue
- 1988-03
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ecology, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, growth patterns, GRSM, GRSM-02472, Picea rubens, red spruce, SER, Southeast Region, spruce-fir forest, Thesis, tree core