Density-dependent vole damage in silviculture and associated economic losses at a nationwide scale

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1219-1224

  Huitu, Otso ^a   Kiljunen, Nuutti ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^b   Koskela, Esa ^c   Mappes, Tapio ^c   Pietiäinen, Hannu ^d   Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Henttonen, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Damage; Financial losses; Monitoring; Seedling; Spruce; Vole

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; FINANCIAL LOSSES; SEEDLING; SPRUCE; VOLE;

FINANCE; FORESTRY; LOSSES;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RODENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE;

BETULA; DAMAGE; FINANCE; FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SEEDLINGS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA SP.; MURIDAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 68949157284     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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