Six-year growth of Douglas-fir saplings after manual or herbicide release from coastal shrub competition

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue PNW-RP-500, 1999, Pages 1-55

  Stein, William I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coast Ranges; Competing vegetation; Douglas fir; Fosamine; Glyphosate; Herbicide release; Manual release; Pacific Northwest; Red alder; Red elder; Reforestation; Salmonberry; Seedling growth; Seedling survival; Sword fern; Thimbleberry

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HERBICIDE; REFORESTATION; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033502262     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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