Planted green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) and herbaceous vegetation responses to initial competition control during the first 3 years of afforestation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 189, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Groninger, John W ^a   Baer, Sara G ^a   Babassana, Didier Arsène ^a   Allen, David H ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Bottomland hardwood; Competition; Herbaceous flora; Herbicides; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSITION; GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

GREEN ASH; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HERBICIDE; SILVICULTURE; TILLAGE; WEED CONTROL;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON VIRGINICUS; CONYZA; CONYZA CANADENSIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO NEMORALIS; SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 1242322524     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.039     Document Type: Article

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