%0 Article
%T Decay following logging injury in stems and roots of Norway spruce
%A Kärkkäinen, Matti
%D 1971
%J Silva Fennica
%V 5
%N 3
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14650
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4848
%X <p>The material of 78 damaged Norway spruce (<em>Picea abies</em> (L.) H. Karst.) trees was gathered in Southern Finland in order to clarify the advance of decay. The harvesting which had caused the scars had been carried out 12 years earlier and at the moment of the investigation the growing stand was 110 years old. It was noticed that the variables used could explain only a few per cent of the variation of the advance of decay. It was concluded that the only important thing in practice is whether the injuries are in roots or in stems.</p>
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