Morphological characteristics associated with Tolerance to competition from herbaceous vegetation for seedlings of jack pine, black spruce, and white pine

New Forests

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-215

  Noland, Thomas L ^a   Mohammed, Gina H ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a,b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bareroot and container stocktype comparisons; Field performance potential; First order lateral roots; Root collar diameter; Root morphology; Seedling testing

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SEED; VEGETATION;

ROOT VOLUME;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHOOT GROWTH; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0035152849     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012091917395     Document Type: Article

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