Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) regeneration and growth of understory trees under single-tree selection silviculture in Finland

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-691

  Lin, Julian ^a   Laiho, Olavi ^b   Lähde, Erkki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Overstory spatial pattern; Seedling growth; Stand structure; Understory

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; OVERSTORY; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84859503184     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0541-1     Document Type: Article

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