Early growth responses from weed control and planting larger stock of Pinus radiata are greater than that obtained from mechanical soil cultivation

New Forests

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-211

  South, David B ^a   Zwolinski, Janusz B ^b   Kotze, Heyns ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SAFCOL Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Growth response; Intensive silviculture; Stock size; Weed control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346348149     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015648605949     Document Type: Article

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