Effects of competing vegetation on juvenile white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) growth in Alaska

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 573-583

  Cole, Elizabeth ^a   Youngblood, Andrew ^b   Newton, Michael ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Competition; Picea glauca; Survival; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 1542684696     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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