From useless thickets to valuable resource? – Financial performance of downy birch management on drained peatlands
Downy birch ( Ehrh.) stands on drained peatlands are often considered useless because they typically do not yield good-quality sawn timber. However, covering an area of ca. 0.5 million hectares and with total yields of up to 250 m ha, downy birch stands on peatlands in Finland have a potential for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Silva Fennica |
| Online Access: | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/2017 |