Soil compaction of forest plantations in interior British Columbia

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 671-677

  Krzic, Maja ^a   Newman, Reg F ^b   Broersma, Klaas ^c   Bomke, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Cattle; Forest grazing; Soil penetration resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FOREST SOIL; GRAZING; PLANTATION; SEEDING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BOS TAURUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0032721535     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003640     Document Type: Article

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