Why seedlings grow: influence of plant attributes

New Forests

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Grossnickle, Steven C ^a   MacDonald, Joanne E ^b  

^a NurserytoForest Solutions   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Morphological attributes; Physiological attributes; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ELECTROLYTES; FORESTRY; RESTORATION;

FOREST RESTORATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES; PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES; ROOT ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGES; ROOT GROWTH POTENTIAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING GROWTH; SHOOT TO ROOT RATIOS;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

FORESTS; GROWTH; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS;

EID: 85027698953     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-017-9606-4     Document Type: Review

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