Effect of pruning severity and timing of treatment on epicormic sprout development in giant sequoia

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-110

  O'Hara, Kevin L ^a   York, Robert A ^b   Heald, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; PRUNING;

SEQUOIADENDRON; SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM;

EID: 41449084968     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm049     Document Type: Article

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