Effect of acorn size on development of northern red oak 1-0 seedlings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1805-1813

  Kormanik, P P ^a   Sung, S S ^a   Kormanik, T L ^b   Schlarbaum, S E ^c   Zarnoch, S J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; SAPLING; SEED SIZE; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0032469156     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-152     Document Type: Article

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