Establishment strategies for poplars, including mulch and plant types, on agricultural land in Sweden

New Forests

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 737-755

  Hjelm, Karin ^a   Mc Carthy, Rebecka ^b   Rytter, Lars ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b NEPCon Certification Aps   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Browsing; Competing vegetation; Cuttings; Growth; Mulching; Vole damage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; CUTTING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BROWSING; CLIMATIC FACTORS; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; MULCHING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SITE CONDITIONS; VOLE DAMAGE;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; BROWSING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CULTIVATION; CUTTING (PROCESS); DAMAGE MECHANICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MULCH; MULCHING; RODENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CULTIVATION; CUTTING; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

MURIDAE; POPULUS;

EID: 85048269138     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9652-6     Document Type: Article

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