Root system development of 12-year-old white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) on a mounded subhygric-mesic site in northern interior British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 167-177

  Heineman, J L ^a   Bedford, L ^b   Sword, D ^a  

^a J Heineman Forestry Consulting   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanical site preparation; Mounding; Roots; Spruce

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ROOT; SOIL PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

CANADA;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0033536937     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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