Stemwood density in young grey alder (alnus incana (l) moench) and hybrid alder (alnus hybrida a. br.) stands growing on abandoned agricultural land

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Aosaar, Jürgen ^a   Varik, Mats ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^b   Uri, Veiko ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abandoned agricultural land; Grey alder; Hybrid alder; Stemwood density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859071819     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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