An application of process-based modelling to the development of branchiness in Scots pine

Silva Fennica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-380

  Mäkelä, Annikki ^a   Vanninen, Petteri ^a   Ikonen, Veli Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Branching; Carbon balance; Pipe model; Simulation; Timber quality; Whorl

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001583737     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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