Reforestation of a salvage-logged high-elevation clearcut: Engelmann spruce seedling response to tree shelters after 11 growing seasons

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 53-56

  Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal browse; Picea engelmannii; Reforestation; Seedling shading; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

COLOR; REFORESTATION;

PICEA ENGELMANNII; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING RESPONSE; SEEDLING SHADING; SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TREE PLANTINGS;

SEED;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 79953664979     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/26.2.53     Document Type: Article

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