Intensive management of Scots pine stands in southern Finland: First empirical results and simulated further development

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 37-50

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Hynynen, Jari ^a   Isomäki, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Nitrogen fertilisation; Scots pine; Simulation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILIZERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GROWTH AND YIELD; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM GROWTH RESPONSES; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; NITROGEN; THINNING; YIELD;

FERTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ROTATION PERIOD; THINNING; TREES; YIELD;

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

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 24944471681     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.069     Document Type: Article

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