The effects of planting date and seedling quality on field performance of Castanea sativa Mill. and Quercus frainetto Ten. seedlings

Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-578

  Radoglou, K ^a   Raftoyannis, Y ^b   Halivopoulos, G ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b TEI Lamias ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA SATIVA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FRAINETTO;

EID: 0346009367     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/76.5.569     Document Type: Article

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