Height increment of understorey Norway spruces under different tree canopies

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a University of Eastern Finland ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Continuous cover forestry; Growth model; Picea abies; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051117562     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2197-5620-1-4     Document Type: Article

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