Twenty Years of Natural Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Seed Production on the Crossett Experimental Forest in Southeastern Arkansas

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-45

  Cain, Michael D ^a   Shelton, Michael G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Loblolly pine; Natural pine regeneration; P. Taeda L.; Pinus echinata Mill; Seed crops; Seed dispersal; Shortleaf pine; Uneven aged management; Upper Coastal Plain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013254892     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/25.1.40     Document Type: Article

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