Survival and growth of Abies nordmanniana in forest and field in relation to stock type and root pruning prior to transplanting

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 757-762

  Andersen, Lillie ^a   Bentsen, Niclas Scott ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dry weight; Height; Root:shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; PRUNING; ROOT SYSTEM; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABIES; ABIES NORDMANNIANA;

EID: 1842509014     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003070     Document Type: Article

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