Effects of precommercial thinning strategies on stand structure and growth in a mixed even-aged stand of Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch in southern Sweden
Four different management strategies were applied to a young mixed stand of Scots pine ( L.), Norway spruce ( (L.) Karst.) and birch ( Roth and Ehrh.) in southern Sweden. All strategies included an initial precommercial thinning to ca. 2400 stems ha. The different aims were: (i) a conifer-dominated...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
2015-01-01
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Series: | Silva Fennica |
Online Access: | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/1302 |