Tree diameter distributions in natural and managed old Pinus sylvestris-dominated forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 45-61

  Rouvinen, S ^a   Kuuluvainen, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest history; Forest management; Scots pine; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

FOREST FIRE; PINUS-DOMINATED FORESTS; TREE SIZE; VEGETATION ZONE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PINUS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; KARELIA [(RPB) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; VIENANSALO; WORLD;

ANTIDESMA PULVINATUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 14744284011     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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