Silvicultural measures to increase the mechanical stability of pure secondary Norway spruce stands before conversion

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-257

  Slodicak, Marian ^a   Novak, Jiri ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND GAME MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conversion; h d ratio; Norway spruce; Stand stability; Thinning

Indexed keywords

SNOW; STORMS; WIND;

H/D RATIO; NORWAY SPRUCE; STAND STABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BIOMECHANICS; SECONDARY FOREST; SILVICULTURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THINNING;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; SNOW; THINNING; WIND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33644902044     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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