The assessment of mulch sheets to inhibit competitive vegetation in tree plantations in urban and natural environment

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-37

  Samyn, Jürgen ^a,b   De Vos, Bruno ^a  

^a Institute of Forestry and Game Management   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Mulching; Tree establishment; Weed management

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744300530     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1618-8667-00004     Document Type: Article

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