Effect of soil preparation method on economic result of Norway spruce regeneration chain

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-524

  Uotila, Karri ^a   Rantala, Juho ^a   Saksa, Timo ^a   Harstela, Pertti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cleaning; Disc trenching; Forestry investment analysis; Picea abies; Pre commercial thinning; Regeneration chain; Soil preparation; Spot mounding; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INVESTMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TRENCHING;

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; PICEA ABIES; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; SOIL PREPARATION; SPOT MOUNDING; SPROUTING;

REFORESTATION;

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FIELDWORK; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH MODELING; INVESTMENT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

AGRICULTURE; CLEANING; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DENSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; PICEA ABIES; REFORESTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77956966737     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.146     Document Type: Article

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