Wood density of Norway spruce in uneven-aged stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-144

  Piispanen, Riikka ^a   Heinonen, Jaakko ^a   Valkonen, Sauli ^a   Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Lundqvist, Sven Olof ^b   Saranpää, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RING WIDTH; CANOPY POSITION; EVEN-AGED STANDS; JUVENILE WOODS; LINEAR MODELING; NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS;

HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

REFORESTATION;

AGE; BARK; DATA SET; DENSITY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; STAND STRUCTURE; TIMBER; TREE; WOOD;

HARDWOODS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; WOOD DENSITY;

EID: 84893561626     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0201     Document Type: Article

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