The effect of soil water-table depth on root-plate development and stability of Sitka spruce

Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-182

  Ray, Duncan ^a   Nicoll, Bruce C ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ROOT DEVELOPEMENT; STABILITY; WATER TABLE DEPTH;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0031838277     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/71.2.169     Document Type: Article

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