Decomposing small-scale structural complexity in even-and uneven-sized Norway spruce-dominated forests in southern Finland

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Zenner, Eric K ^a   Peck, Jerilynn E ^a   Lähde, Erkki ^b   Laiho, Olavi ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; HARVESTING; LINEARITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; THINNING;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84856884635     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr052     Document Type: Article

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