Reduction of frost heaving of Norway spruce and scots pine seedlings by planting in mounds or in humus

New Forests

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Sahlén, Kenneth ^a   Goulet, France ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mounding; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Planting time

Indexed keywords

FROST EFFECTS; SOILS;

SEEDLINGS;

FORESTRY;

FROST HEAVE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE;

SWEDEN;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0036872157     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021378228524     Document Type: Article

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