Fourth-year tree response to three levels of silvicultural input on mined lands

25th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 10th Meeting of IALR 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 390-405

  Fields Johnson, C ^a   Zipper, C E ^a   Evans, D ^a   Fox, T R ^a   Burger, J A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Fertility; Ground cover; Hybrid poplar; Native hardwoods; Reclamation; Reforestation; White pine

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; APPALACHIANS; COMPACTED SOIL; FERTILITY; FOREST VEGETATION; GROUND COVER; HYBRID POPLAR; MINE SITE; MIXED HARDWOODS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE MINING CONTROL; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL BIOMASS; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA; WHITE PINE;

BIOMASS; COMPACTION; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; LAND RECLAMATION; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84865405141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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