Soil compaction and forest floor removal affect early growth and physiology of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir in British Columbia

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Kamaluddin, Mohammed ^a   Chang, Scott X ^a   Curran, Michael P ^b,c   Zwiazek, Janusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Foliar N; Long term soil productivity (LTSP) network; Photosynthesis; Shoot water potential; Soil disturbance

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED;

DROUGHT TOLERANCES; FOLIAR N; FOREST FLOOR REMOVAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHOOT WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

SOILS;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDS; SOIL;

PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 26244452720     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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