Light, soil, and seedling characteristics associated with varying levels of competition in a red pine plantation

New Forests

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-36

  Johnson, James E ^a   Lindow, Scott G ^b   Rogers, Robert ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Plant moisture status; Plantation management; Tree class

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LIGHT; MICROSITE; RED PINE; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY;

GYMNOSPERMAE; PINACEAE; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0031884454     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006571130280     Document Type: Article

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