Decay, yield loss and associated fungi in stands of grey alder (Alnus incana) in Latvia

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Arhipova, N ^a,b   Gaitnieks, T ^b   Donis, J ^b   Stenlid, J ^a   Vasaitis, R ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; PHYTOMASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; WOOD; YIELD RESPONSE;

LATVIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; FUNGI;

EID: 80053224195     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr018     Document Type: Article

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