Survival and growth response of white spruce stock types to site preparation in Alaska

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-809

  Youngblood, Andrew ^a   Cole, Elizabeth ^b   Newton, Michael ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE APPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANTING STOCKS; REPLICATED EXPERIMENT; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TWO SOURCES; VEGETATION CONTROL; WHITE SPRUCE;

QUALITY CONTROL; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REFORESTATION; SCARIFICATION; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING; VOLUME;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 79953892957     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-001     Document Type: Article

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