Initial fall-spring vegetation management regimes improve moisture conditions and maximise third-year douglas-fir seedling growth in a Pacific Northwest plantation

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 40, Issue , 2010, Pages 93-108

  Dinger, Eric J ^a   Rose, Robin ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Operational herbicide regime; Plantation establishment; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HERBICIDES; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

DOUGLAS FIR; HEIGHT-TO-DIAMETER RATIO; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OPERATIONAL HERBICIDE REGIME; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; XYLEM WATER POTENTIAL;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HERBICIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PLANTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SEEDS; SOIL; WEED CONTROL;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 77954276150     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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