Early growth and development of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) plantations on abandoned agricultural land

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-688

  Kund, Merit ^a   Vares, Aivo ^b   Sims, Allan ^a   Tullus, Hardi ^a   Uri, Veiko ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b State Forest Management Centre   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Crown characteristics; Field soils; Height growth model; Polyethylene mulching; Silver birch

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; MULCHING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL TYPE; TREE;

ESTONIA;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 77953538130     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0369-0     Document Type: Article

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