Economic analysis of stand establishment for Scots pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1179-1189

  Hyytiäinen, Kari ^a   Ilomäki, Sakari ^b   Mäkelä, Annikki ^b   Kinnunen, Kaarlo ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; SOILS;

ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL REGENERATION; SOIL PREPARATION; TIMBER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOWING; YIELD RESPONSE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PINUS; PLANTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33746474705     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-023     Document Type: Article

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