Effects of mulching and insecticides on establishment and growth of Norway spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2377-2385

  Johansson, Karin ^a   Örlander, Göran ^b   Nilsson, Urban ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MINERALIZATION; MULCHING;

INSECTICIDES;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; INSECTICIDE; MULCHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHT; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS; SEEDING; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CURCULIONIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33846279759     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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