The condition and survival of populus tremula and other deciduous saplings in a moose winter-foraging area in southern finland

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-290

  Chantal, Michelle De ^a   Lindberg, Henrik ^b   Kallonen, Seppo ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HÄME UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Betula spp.; Browsing; Height; Salix spp.; Sorbus aucuparia; Stem density

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; POPULUS TREMULA; SALIX; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 70349705949     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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