Response of transplanted aspen to irrigation and weeding on a Colorado reclaimed surface coal mine

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 101, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Musselman, Robert C ^a   Shepperd, Wayne D ^b   Smith, Frederick W ^c   Asherin, Lance A ^b   Gee, Brian W ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Fencing; Irrigation; Mine reclamation; Populus tremuloides; Reforestation; Weeding

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COAL MINE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RECLAIMED LAND; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SURVIVAL; TOPSOIL; TRANSPLANTATION; UNGULATE; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84871695832     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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