Effects of genetic entry and competition on above ground biomass production of Norway spruce grown in southern Finland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2327-2332

  Kilpeläinen, Antti ^a   Routa, Johanna ^b   Peltola, Heli ^a   Gerendiain, Ane Zubizarreta ^a   Pulkkinen, Pertti ^b   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Branch; Clone; Needle; Norway spruce; Stem

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS MODELS; CLONE; DRY BIOMASS; DRY MASS; ENERGY WOOD THINNING; FINNISH; HARVEST INDEX; HIGH POTENTIAL; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; SOUTHERN FINLAND; STEMWOODS;

CLONING; COMPETITION; CURING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NEEDLES;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CLONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; STEM; THINNING; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CLONES; COMPETITION; CURING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NEEDLES; PICEA ABIES; STEMS;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77952104635     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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