%0 Research Notes
%T The development of peatland forests in Satakunta Forestry Board District between 1977 and 1987
%A Paavilainen, Eero
%D 1989
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 40
%N 1
%U http://suo.fi/article/9647
%X The development of peatland forests over a 10-year-period (1977-1987) in Satakunta Forestry Board District, Western Finland, is presented, based on the results of the 7th and 8th National Forest Inventories. Over this period the amount of peatlands classified as forest land (MAI over bark over a 100 years rotation ≥ 1 m3ha-1) and the total volume and increment of peatland forests considerably increased, mainly as a result of drainage.

Keywords: Forest drainage, inventory, peatland forests