Establishment of direct seeded seedlings of Norway spruce and Scots pine: Effects of stand conditions, orientation and distance with respect to shelter tree, and fertilisation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1186-1195

  Erefur, Charlotta ^a   Bergsten, Urban ^a   de Chantal, Michelle ^b  

^a SLU Silviculture and Vindeln Experimental Forests   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Dense forest; Frost heaving; Height growth; Light; Predation; Shelterwood; Soil preparation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

HEIGHT GROWTH; SOIL PREPARATION;

SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 38949199050     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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