Shoot and root sensitivity of containerized black spruce, white spruce and jack pine seedlings to late fall freezing

New Forests

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 29-49

  Bigras, F J ^a   Margolis, H A ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

frost hardiness; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Pinus banksiana; root damage

Indexed keywords

PARAGNETINA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0030985499     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006509619164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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