American chestnut as a future resource to enhance mine reclamation productivity

22nd American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual National Conference 2005

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 512-522

  Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Castanea dentata; Competitive interactions; Juvenile growth performance; Plantation establishment; Site tolerance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING PROGRAM; CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH CAPACITY; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; HARDWOOD SPECIES; MINE RECLAMATION; NEW SPECIES; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; RAPID GROWTH; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TIMBER QUALITY; WISCONSIN;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RECLAMATION;

FRUITS;

EID: 84866035910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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