Survival of Austrocedrus chilensis seedlings in relation to microsite conditions and forest thinning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 137-146

  Gobbi, Miriam ^a   Schlichter, Tomas ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Forest management; Microsites; Seedling survival; Temperate forest; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; SEEDLING; SITE EFFECT; THINNING;

ARGENTINA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 0032495166     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00314-4     Document Type: Article

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