Multilevel modelling of height growth in young Norway spruce plantations in southern Finland

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-153

  Saksa, Timo ^a   Heiskanen, Juha ^a   Miina, Jari ^b   Tuomola, Jaakko ^c   Kolström, Taneli ^c  

^a Finnish Forest Institute   (Finland)

^b Joensuu Research Centre   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Container seedlings; Disc trenching; Height growth; Intra level correlation; Mounding; Norway spruce; Picea abies; Variance component model

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEED; SOILS; TRENCHING;

DISC-TRENCHED SITES; MOUNDED SITES; SPRUCE PLANTATIONS; SUMMER MONTHS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; HEIGHT;

NORWAY; PICEA; PLANTATIONS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 16844386202     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.403     Document Type: Article

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