Differences in forest stand structure between forest ownership groups in central Finland

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-167

  Maltamo, Matti ^a   Uuttera, Janne ^b   Kuusela, Kullervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diameter distribution; Forest management planning; Habitat diversity; National Forest Inventory; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

CENTRAL FINLAND; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; FOREST OWNERSHIP; HABITAT DIVERSITY; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NUMBER OF TREES; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURES; TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST OWNERSHIP; FOREST STAND; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; FOREST; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

FINLAND;

EID: 0031257471     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0140     Document Type: Article

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