Second thinning Scots pine wood properties in different forest site types in Estonia

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Kask, Regino ^a   Pikk, Jaak ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bending strength; Compression strength; Density; Hardness; Heartwood; Scots pine; Site index; Site type

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051927472     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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