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Predation on Pinus sylvestris seeds and juvenile seedlings in Swedish boreal forest in relation to stand disturbance by logging

  1. Ove Nystrand,
  2. Anders Granström

Article first published online: 30 APR 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00505.x

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Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 37, Issue 3, pages 449–463, June 2000

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Nystrand, O. and Granström, A. (2000), Predation on Pinus sylvestris seeds and juvenile seedlings in Swedish boreal forest in relation to stand disturbance by logging. Journal of Applied Ecology, 37: 449–463. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00505.x

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  1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Forest Vegetation Ecology, S-901 83 Umeå, Sweden

* Ove Nystrand (fax +46 90 78 66 12; e-mail Ove.Nystrand@svek.slu.se).

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