Early effects after forest disturbance in decomposition of trees in two windthrown areas in East Estonia

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Köster, Kajar ^a   Ilisson, Trun ^a   Tukia, Harri ^b   Kalev Jogiste A N D ^a   Möls, Tõnu ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Decay affecting factors; Mixed models; Windthrow; Wood density

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149125494     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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