Herbicide hardwood crop tree release in central West Virginia

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 46-54

  Kochenderfer, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Zedaker, Shepard M ^a   Johnson, James E ^a   Smith, David Wm ^b   Miller, Gary W ^b  

^a West Virginia Division of Forestry   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop tree release; Economic benefits; Efficacy; Hardwoods; Herbicides; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644287635     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/18.2.46     Document Type: Article

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