Initial spacing has little influence on transient epicormic shoots in a 20-year-old sessile oak plantation

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-508

  Colin, Francis ^a   Robert, Nicolas ^a   Druelle, Jean Louis ^b   Fontaine, Florence ^b  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Epicormic shoots; Plantation spacing; Quercus petraea

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PLANTATION; SHOOT; SPACING;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 46749159319     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008032     Document Type: Article

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