Should the wind disturbance patterns observed in natural forests be mimicked in planted forests in the British uplands?

Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-358

  Quine, C P ^a   Humphrey, J W ^a   Ferris, R ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0032759674     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/72.4.337     Document Type: Article

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