Roots under the load of heavy machinery in spruce trees

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-128

  Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^a   Čermák, Jan ^a   Neruda, Jindĭich ^a   Prax, Alois ^a   Ulrich, Radomír ^a   Nadezhdin, Valerij ^a   Gašpárek, Jan ^a   Pokorny, Eduard ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Forwarder; Passage frequency; Peak responses; Penetrometry; Physical conditions; Radial pattern; Root damage; Sap flow; Soil compaction; Soil damage

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 33846869702     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-005-0081-7     Document Type: Article

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