The condition of scots pine stands in Lahemaa national park, Estonia 25 years after browsing by moose (Alces alces)

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.A, 2013, Pages 25-34

  Metslaid, Marek ^a   Palli, Timo ^b   Randveer, Tiit ^a   Sims, Allan ^a   Jõgiste, Kalev ^a   Stanturf, John A ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b Ruuksu küla Rõuge vald ^*  (Estonia)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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