Spruce diameter growth in young mixed stands of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and birch (Betula pendula Roth B. pubescens Ehrh.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-308

  Gobakken, Terje ^a   Nasset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Betula pubescens; Growth model; Mixed stand; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

SPRUCE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; MIXED FOREST;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0037110585     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00790-3     Document Type: Article

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