Immediate tree uprooting after retention-felling in a coniferous boreal forest in Fennoscandia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3167-3172

  Hautala, Harri ^a   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PEAT;

BIOTOPE; GREEN TREE RETENTION;

FORESTRY;

BIOTOPE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PEAT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34249868713     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-193     Document Type: Article

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