Silvicultural models to maintain and restore natural stand structures in Swedish boreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 89-103

  Fries, C ^a   Johansson, O ^b   Pettersson, B ^c   Simonsson, P ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Box 3223 ^*  (Sweden)

^c Stora Forest AB   (Sweden)

^d SCA Skog AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal Sweden; Natural forest dynamics; Stand management; Timber production

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030613051     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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