Twelve-year growth response of Scots pine to thinning and nitrogen fertilisation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 45-53

  Valinger, Erik ^a   Elfving, Björn ^a   Mörling, Tommy ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basal area growth; Biomass distribution; Dry weight; Fertilisation; Scots pine; Thinning; Volume growth

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; THINNING;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0034283924     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00244-3     Document Type: Article

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