Fire history and tree species composition in managed Picea abies stands in southern Finland: Implications for restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 89-95

  Wallenius, Tuomo Henrik ^a   Lilja, Saara ^b   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Charred stumps; Forest fire; Forest structure; Human influence; Norway spruce; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FIRES;

CHARRED STUMPS; FOREST STRUCTURE; HUMAN INFLUENCE; PASTURE BURNING;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CULTIVATION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34548449751     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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