Influence of plant density and soil organic matter on the first-year growth of loblolly pine and sweetgum

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Zutter, Bruce R ^a   Glover, Glenn R ^a   Mitchell, Robert J ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraspecific competition; Yield density equation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SEED; SOILS;

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOBLOLLY PINE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SWEETGUM; YIELD DENSITY EQUATION;

CULTIVATION;

LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0032144030     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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