Stump removal to control root rot in forest stands. A literature study

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-483

  Vasaitis, Rimvydas ^a   Stenlid, Jan ^a   Thomsen, Iben M ^b   Barklund, Pia ^a   Dahlberg, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Armillaria; Biofuel; Forest disturbance; Heterobasidion; Phellinus weirii; Stand growth

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ARMILLARIA; FOREST DISTURBANCES; HETEROBASIDION; PHELLINUS WEIRII; STAND GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; KETONES; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SCANDINAVIA; STUMPS;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

ARMILLARIA; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION; PHELLINIDIUM WEIRII; PHELLINUS;

EID: 46249114087     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.249     Document Type: Review

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