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Three sample plots were established in tree stands growing at distances of 0.5, 4 and 8 km from the Harjavalta smelter. The breast height diameter of all the trees, and the height of about 30 sample trees on each plot (625–900 m2 in size), were measured in 1991 and again in 1996. The sample trees were used for calculating the height and volume equations (Mälkönen et al. 1999).
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Nieminen, T., Derome, J., Helmisaari, HS., Janhunen, S., Kukkola, M., Saarsalmi, A. (2000). Response of tree stands to heavy metal loading. In: Mälkönen, E. (eds) Forest Condition in a Changing Environment. Forestry Sciences, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9373-1_33
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