Changes of forest health in Norwegian boreal forests during 15 years

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 103-118

  Aamlid, D ^a   Torseth K ^b   Venn, K ^a   Stuanes, A O ^c   Solberg, S ^a   Hylen, G ^a   Christophersen, N ^d   Framstad, E ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c PO Box 5035 N 1432   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal ecosystem; Forest damage; Forest monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST HEALTH; MONITORING;

NORWAY;

EID: 0034160130     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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