Impact of vegetation control and annual fertilization on properties of loblolly pine wood at age 12

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Clark III, Alexander ^a   Borders, Bruce E ^b   Daniels, Richard F ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILITY; MECHANICAL SITE PREPARATION; PINE PLANTATION; VEGETATION CONTROL;

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LUMBER; NITROGEN; STIFFNESS; TOUGHNESS; WOOD;

VEGETATION;

FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; LUMBER; NITROGEN; PINUS; PLANTS; STIFFNESS; TOUGHNESS; WOOD;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 11844305674     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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