Growth and mortality in underplanted tree seedlings in response to variations in canopy closure of Norway spruce stands

Forestry

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-384

  Löf, Magnus ^a   Karlsson, Matts ^a   Sonesson, Kerstin ^b   Welander, Torkel N ^a   Collet, Catherine ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; QUERCUS ROBUR; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 34848888024     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm022     Document Type: Article

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