Preharvest manual herbicide treatments for controlling American Beech in Central West Virginia

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-49

  Kochenderfer, Jeffrey D ^a   Kochenderfer, James N ^b   Warner, David A ^c   Miller, Gary W ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^c Box 52   (United States)

Author keywords

American beech; Appalachian hardwoods; Economics; Herbicides; Manual application methods; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; SPRAYING; VEGETATION;

APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; MANUAL APPLICATION METHODS; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY;

HERBICIDES;

ECONOMICS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE; SPRAYING;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 4644292947     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/21.1.40     Document Type: Article

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