| Summary: | Productivity of a boreal coniferous forest was determined at the Flakaliden experimental site for a yield optimisation study, beginning in 1986. The principal aim was to determine the potential yield of a young stand of Norway spruce Picea abies, under given climatic conditions, non-limiting soil water and optimal nutritional status without leaching to groundwater. The 8.25 ha Flakaliden study site (64.12 N 19.45 E) is situated in northern Sweden, about 60 km west of the city of Umeaa. The site has a harsh boreal climate with short cool summers of long days, and long, cold winters of short days. Monthly mean air temperature ranges from -8.7 C in February to 14.4 C in July. More than one-third of precipitation falls as snow.
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