Direct seeding of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.): The effects of sowing date, pre-emergent herbicides, cultivation, and protection on seedling emergence and survival

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 373-386

  Jinks, Richard L ^a   Willoughby, Ian ^a   Baker, Corinne ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct seeding; Direct sowing; Pre emergence herbicides; Seedling emergence; Seedling mortality; Soil temperature; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MOISTURE; SOILS;

DIRECT SOWING; PRE-EMERGENCE HERBICIDES; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING MORTALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL TIME;

CULTIVATION;

ARABLE LAND; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; HERBICIDE; MAMMAL; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOWING; SURVIVAL; WATERLOGGING;

FORESTRY; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; HERBICIDES; SEEDING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37849187687     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.060     Document Type: Article

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