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Predicting individual tree and stand diameter increment responses of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) after mountain forest selective cutting Cover

Predicting individual tree and stand diameter increment responses of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) after mountain forest selective cutting

Forestry Studies
Volume 55 (2011): Issue 1 (December 2011)
By: Bernt-Håvard Øyen,  Petter Nilsen,  Fredrik Bøhler and  Kjell Andreassen  
Open Access
|Sep 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10132-011-0100-z | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
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Language: English
Page range: 33 - 45
Submitted on: Jan 24, 2012
Accepted on: Mar 25, 2012
Published on: Sep 19, 2014
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
diameter growth,
individual tree increment models,
lowland forest,
mountain forest,
multi-storey stand,
Norway spruce,
Picea abies,
selective cutting,
stand increment models
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

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