Managing birch woodlands for the production of quality timber

Forestry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-371

  Cameron, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PENDULA; BETULACEAE;

DOWNY BIRCH; MANAGEMENT; SILVER BIRCH; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

EID: 0030303115     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/69.4.357     Document Type: Article

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