Trade-offs between seedling growth, thinning and stand stability in Sitka spruce stands: A modelling analysis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-115

  Hale, Sophie E ^a   Levy, Peter E ^b   Gardiner, Barry A ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous cover forestry; Seedling growth; Transformation; Wind risk

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SEED; WIND;

SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH MODELING; REGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WINDTHROW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0346058326     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00313-X     Document Type: Article

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