Growth and thinning effects during a rotation period of hybrid aspen in southern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 747-756

  Rytter, Lars ^a   Stener, Lars Göran ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

height growth; mean annual increment; Populus tremula Populus tremuloides; stem diameter growth; Sweden; thinning effects; volume growth and biomass production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; HEIGHT GROWTH; MEAN ANNUAL INCREMENTS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; STEM DIAMETER GROWTH; SWEDEN; THINNING EFFECTS;

ECOLOGY;

POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84919860484     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.968202     Document Type: Article

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