Biomass equations for Scots pine and Norway spruce in Finland

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-647

  Repola, Jaakko ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass equations; Pine; Spruce; Tree biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS EQUATIONS; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); PINE; SPRUCE; STATISTICAL DEPENDENCE; TREE BIOMASS; TREE DIAMETER AND HEIGHTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST INVENTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOMASS; SOIL PROFILE; STEM; THINNING; WOOD;

BIOMASS; EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; PICEA; PINUS; PLANTS; SET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70350702693     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.184     Document Type: Article

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