Development of epicormic sprouts in Sitka spruce following thinning and pruning in south-east Alaska

Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-412

  Deal, Robert L ^a   Barbour, R James ^a   Mcclellan, Michael H ^a   Parry, Dean L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PRUNING; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0142090617     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/76.4.401     Document Type: Article

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