Continuous cover management reduces wind damage

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 372, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-127

  Pukkala, Timo ^a   Laiho, Olavi ^b   Lähde, Erkki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Joen Forest Program Consulting   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gini index; Risk model; Stand structure; Wind risk

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LOSSES; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS;

CONTINUOUS COVER MANAGEMENTS; EVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT; GINI INDEX; INCREASING TREES; RISK MODEL; STAND BASAL AREA; STAND STRUCTURES; WIND RISKS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CUTTING (PROCESS); ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; VEGETATION INDEX; VULNERABILITY; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84962833181     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.04.014     Document Type: Article

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