Competitive effects of conspecific and herbaceous (weeds) plants on growth and branch architecture of Populus xeuramericana cv. Eugenei

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-367

  Marino, Paul C ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCH ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; WEED;

USA, MICHIGAN;

POPULUS XEURAMERICANA;

EID: 0031831047     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-28-3-359     Document Type: Article

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