Site preparation for establishing lodgepole pine in the sub-boreal spruce zone of interior British Columbia: The Bednesti trial, 10-year results

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-238

  Bedford, L ^a   Sutton, R F ^b  

^a Forest Practices Br Brit C   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedding, Breaking plow; Disk trenching; Mounding; Patch; Wadell cone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034628573     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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