Effects of age and site quality on the distribution of biomass in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Vanninen, Petteri ^a   Ylitalo, Hanna ^a   Sievänen, Risto ^b   Mäkelä, Annikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Allocation; Biomass; Scots pine; Single tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029778408     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050028     Document Type: Article

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