Impacts of size and competition on tree form and distribution of aboveground biomass in Scots pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-227

  Mäkelä, Annikki ^a   Vanninen, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH FORM; SCOTS PINE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031745670     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x97-199     Document Type: Article

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