Effect of cleaning methods in mixed pine-deciduous stands on moose damage to Scots pines in southern Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Härkönen, Sauli ^a   Miina, Jari ^a   Saksa, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Cleaning; Damage; Generalized linear mixed model; Moose; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; DAMAGE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODEL; MOOSE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

FORESTRY;

CLEANING; DAMAGE; FINLAND; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PENDULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 58149127269     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580802491371     Document Type: Article

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