Eight-year performance of bareroot Douglas-fir and bareroot and plug western larch Seedlings following herbicide applications, northeast Oregon, USA

New Forests

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 791-814

  Cole, Elizabeth ^a   Lindsay, Amanda ^b   Newton, Michael ^a   Bailey, John D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Reforestation; Site preparation; Stock type; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDE APPLICATION; HERBICIDE TREATMENT; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; STOCK TYPE; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

SEED;

CONIFEROUS TREE; HERBICIDE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES; PLANTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; REFORESTATION; SITE PREPARATION; WEED CONTROL;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 85048291140     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9653-5     Document Type: Article

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