Structural development of pinus sylvestris stands with varying initial density: A preliminary model for quality of sawn timber as affected by silvicultural measures

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1-4, 1989, Pages 223-238

  Väisänen, Hannu ^a   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a   Oker Blom, Pauline ^b   Valtonen, Esko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Model; Pinus sylvestris; Pruning; Quality grading; Stand density; Thinning; Timber quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000905242     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827588909382560     Document Type: Article

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