Tree regeneration before and after restoration treatments in managed boreal picea abies stands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-143

  De Chantal, M ^a,b   Lilja Rothsten, S ^a,b   Peterson, C ^c   Kuuluvainen, T ^a   Vanha Majamaa, I ^b   Puttonen, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris (CWD); Disturbance dynamics; Managed forest; Microsites; Seedling density; Seedling distribution

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BETULA; PICEA ABIES; POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 70249140202     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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