Effect of half-systematic and systematic thinning on the increment of Scots pine and Norway spruce in Finland

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 103-121

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Isomäki, Antti ^a   Hongisto, Timo ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Metsänhoitoyhdistys Lakeus ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; THINNING; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 31744446964     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi061     Document Type: Article

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