The effect of nursery blackout application on Sitka spruce seedlings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2201-2213

  Hawkins, C D B ^a   Eastham, A M ^a,b   Story, T L ^a,c   Eng, R Y N ^a   Draper, D A ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Industrial Forestry Service Ltd   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001344450     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-249     Document Type: Article

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