Survival and early seedling growth of conifers with different shade tolerance in a Sitka spruce spacing trial and relationship to understorey light climate

Silva Fennica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-370

  Mason, William L ^a   Edwards, Colin ^a   Hale, Sophie E ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irregular silviculture; Light regime; Seedling growth; Stand density

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SEED;

CONIFER PLANTATION FORESTS; SHELTERWOOD SYSTEMS; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

VEGETATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; SPACING; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY; PLANTS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 9344260800     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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