Effects of simulated winter browsing and drought on growth of Quercus robur L. seedlings during establishment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 125-133

  Kullberg, Ylva ^a,b   Welander, N T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clipping; Quercus robur; Seedling; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; SEED;

WINTER BROWSING;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; DROUGHT STRESS; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; SEEDLINGS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0037415989     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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