Silvicultural treatments for converting loblolly pine to longleaf pine dominance: Effects on resource availability and their relationships with planted longleaf pine seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-123

  Hu, Huifeng ^a   Geoff Wang, G ^a   Walker, Joan L ^a   Knapp, Benjamin O ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy treatment; Cultural treatment; Gap light index; Root collar diameter; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

CANOPY TREATMENT; CULTURAL TREATMENT; GAP LIGHT INDEX; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; HERBICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CALCIUM; CLEARCUTTING; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; THINNING; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; HERBICIDES; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PYROMETRY; SEEDLINGS; SEEDS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84864414389     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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