Evaluation through a simulation model of nutrient exports in fast-growing southern European pine stands in relation to thinning intensity and harvesting operations

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-384

  Rodríguez Soalleiro, Roque ^a,b   Balboa Murias, Miguel ^a   Álvarez González, Juan Gabriel ^a   Merino García, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth model; Nutrition; Pinus pinaster; Pinus radiata; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 34547444139     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007014     Document Type: Article

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