Vegetation-environment relationship in Estonian hepatica site type forests in the light of A. K. Cajander's forest site type approach

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-208

  Paal, Jaanus ^a   Elle, Rajandu ^a   Köster, Tiina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Agricultural Research Centre   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cajander; Classification; Layers; Management; Productivity; Site type; Soils; Species richness; Stand age; Trees growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650671429     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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