Thinning intensity and growth of Scots pine stands in Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 201, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 311-325

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Isomäki, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diameter increment; Height increment; Pinus sylvestris L.; Stem volume increment; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FINLAND; FOREST ECOLOGY; GROWTH YIELDS; THINNING INTENSITY;

GROWTH KINETICS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; HEIGHT; THINNING; YIELD;

FORESTS; GROWTH; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL; THINNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 4744351654     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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