Effects of forest floor planting and stock type on growth and root emergence of Pinus contorta seedlings in a cold northern cutblock

New Forests

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-162

  Campbell, D Bruce ^a   Kiiskila, Steven ^c   Philip, Leanne J ^d   Zwiazek, Janusz J ^b   Jones, Melanie D ^a  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c New Forest Treeworks   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Container type; Forest floor planting; Lodgepole pine; Scalping

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

CONTAINER TYPE; FOREST FLOOR PLANTING; LODGEPOLE PINES; SCALPING;

FORESTRY;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; ROOT; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33747131878     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-005-5037-8     Document Type: Article

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