Overstorey density influence on the height of Picea abies regeneration in northern Sweden

Forestry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-442

  Chrimes, Dillon ^a,b   Nilson, Kristina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Box 430 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH; OVERSTORY; PLANTATION; REGENERATION;

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

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 24944589895     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi039     Document Type: Article

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