Proximity to a stand edge influences growth of advance and planted Pacific silver fir seedlings

Northwest Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-229

  Hawkins, B J ^a   Koppenaal, R S ^a   Mitchell, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; EDGE EFFECT; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING;

CANADA;

EID: 0036621528     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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