Stem quality and height development in a Betula-dominated stand seven years after precommercial thinning at different stump heights

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Fällman, Karin ^a   Ligné, Daniel ^a   Karlsson, Anders ^a   Albrektson, Arne ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Damage; Downy birch; Height increment; Salix; Silver birch; Tree form

Indexed keywords

CUTTING;

GROWING SEASONS;

FORESTRY;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; SALIX;

EID: 10744228302     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580310003713     Document Type: Article

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