Bioenergy production and soil conservation from Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) plantations in Denmark

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-294

  Yousefpour, Rasoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Norway spruce; Site class; Soil conservation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; PREDICTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; THINNING; TREE PLANTING;

DENMARK;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84874949488     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9547-z     Document Type: Article

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