Incidence of autumn frost damage and lammas growth in a 4-year-old clonal trial of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in Britain

Forestry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-146

  Mboyi, W M ^a   Lee, S J ^b  

^a Northern Research Station ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; FROST RESISTANCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

FROST HARDINESS; GROWTH; TREE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0032960651     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/72.2.135     Document Type: Article

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