The effects of pre-commercial thinning and fertilization on characteristics of juvenile clearwood of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Ulvcrona, Thomas ^a   Ahnlund Ulvcrona, Kristina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; JUVENILE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; WOOD QUALITY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79959766560     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr007     Document Type: Article

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