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Forest plantations The concept of ‘forest plantations’ is broad, representing a continuum from intensively managed ‘tree crop’ to extensively managed ‘forest’. The ecological characteristics of forest plantations differ from those of natural forests. Typically, trees in plantations are of the same age and size. Moreover, the structure of stand is a uniform one, and the

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Seppo Kellomäki, Timo Karjalainen and Antti Marjokorpi

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