Regeneration dynamics in an uneven-aged virgin Norway spruce forest in northern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 304-309

  Lundqvist, Lars ^a,c   Nilson, Kristina ^b  

^a Department of Forest Ecology and Management ^*  (Sweden)

^b Swedish Forest Agency   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advance growth; Growth; Ingrowth; Mortality; Picea abies; Primeval; Recruitment; Uneven aged

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; SWEDEN;

HEIGHT INCREMENT; STANDING VOLUME;

SEED;

GROWTH RATE; PICEA; SEEDLINGS; SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 36649024552     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580701479717     Document Type: Article

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