Seedling establishment and growth after direct seeding with Pinus sylvestris: Effects of seed type, seed origin, and seeding year

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Wennström, Ulfstand ^a   Bergsten, Urban ^b   Nilsson, Jan Erik ^c  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SLU   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Direct seeding; Orchard seed; Scots pine; Stand seed

Indexed keywords

GERMINABLE SEEDS; SEED ORIGIN; SEED TYPE; SEEDING YEAR; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ORCHARDS;

SEED;

GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; ORCHARD; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ORCHARDS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SEEDING;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34250864389     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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