Rhizome growth of Calamagrostis canadensis into mounds created for tree seedling establishment

New Forests

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-262

  Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Mounding; Rhizome ecology; Rhizome resources; Silviculture; Site preparation

Indexed keywords

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0345148991     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006689224611     Document Type: Article

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