Thinning intensity and growth of Norway spruce stands in Finland

Forestry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-364

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Isomäki, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; MORTALITY; THINNING; YIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 6444238257     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/77.4.349     Document Type: Article

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