Intensive short rotation forestry in boreal climates: Present and future perspectives

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1369-1378

  Weih, Martin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

BOREAL CLIMATE; LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; ROTATION; SILVICULTURE; YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATES; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RESTRAINTS; SILVICULTURE;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 4644367271     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-090     Document Type: Review

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