Severely repressed lodgepole pine responds to thinning and fertilization: 19-Year results

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 404-414

  Farnden, Craig ^a   Herring, Les ^a  

^a Consulting Forester ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Lodgepole pine; Repression; Stagnation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NUTRITION;

FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY; THINNING;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0036585864     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc78404-3     Document Type: Article

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