Thinning response and growth trends of seeded Scots pine stands at the arctic timberline

Silva Fennica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-83

  Varmola, Martti ^a   Salminen, Hannu ^a   Timonen, Mauri ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Northern timberline; Pinus sylvestris; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; WOOD;

SCOTS PINE; THINNING RESPONSE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; THINNING;

CONIFERALES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 1842588536     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.436     Document Type: Article

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