Thinning intensity and growth of mixed spruce-birch stands on drained peatlands in Finland

Silva Fennica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-99

  Repola, Jaakko ^a   Hökkä, Hannu ^a   Penttilä, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Forest drainage; Growth; Picea abies; Spruce swamps; Thinning

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE;

FOREST DRAINAGE; SPRUCE SWAMPS; THINNING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

BETULA PUBESCENS; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PICEA ABIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33645367824     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.353     Document Type: Article

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