Moose browsing in young Scots pine stands in relation to forest management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Heikkilä, Risto ^a   Härkönen, Sauli ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Biodiversity; Browsing; Carrying capacity; Plantations; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BETULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 0030292828     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03823-6     Document Type: Article

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