Growth and root development of black and white spruce planted after deep planting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-303

  Tarroux, Emilie ^a   DesRochers, Annie ^a   Girard, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adventitious root; Black spruce; Stem burial; Tree plantation; White spruce

Indexed keywords

SEED;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; BLACK SPRUCE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOTING DEPTHS; SITE CONDITIONS; TREE PLANTATIONS; WHITE SPRUCE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SOIL DEPTH; TREE;

CANADA;

EID: 84893961999     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.032     Document Type: Article

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