Container volume and growing density influence western larch (Larix occidentalis Nutt.) seedling development during nursery culture and establishment

New Forests

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-213

  Aghai, Matthew M ^a   Pinto, Jeremiah R ^b   Davis, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Container seedling; Regeneration; Seedling quality; Simulated field performance; Stocktype

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REGENERATION; COMMERCIAL REFORESTATIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; REGENERATION; RHIZOSPHERE TEMPERATURE; SEEDLING QUALITY; STOCKTYPE;

NUTRIENTS; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

CONTAINERS;

AFFORESTATION; BOREAL FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; MOISTURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHENOTYPE; REFORESTATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TIMBER; TREE;

LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84893726551     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9402-8     Document Type: Article

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