Summer planting of Picea abies container-grown seedlings: Effects of planting date on survival, height growth and root egress

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 534-544

  Luoranen, Jaana ^a   Rikala, Risto ^a   Konttinen, Kyösti ^a   Smolander, Heikki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

drought; Frost; Height growth; Norway spruce; Pine weevil; Planting date; Root growth; Short day treatment

Indexed keywords

FROST PROTECTION; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

HEIGHT GROWTH; PINE WEEVIL; PLANTING DATE; ROOT GROWTH; SHORT DAY TREATMENT;

FORESTRY;

EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; ROOT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL;

DROUGHT; FORESTS; FROST; PICEA ABIES; SEEDLINGS;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33751538256     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.073     Document Type: Article

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