Site preparation techniques for forest restoration

Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 85-102

  Löf, Magnus ^a   Ersson, Back Tomas ^a   Hjältén, Joakim ^a   Nordfjell, Tomas ^a   Oliet, Juan A ^b   Willoughby, Ian ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/b18809     Document Type: Chapter

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