Salal understory removal effects on the soil water regime and tree transpiration rates in a Douglas-fir forest
Salal (Gaultheria shallon Pursh.) understory in a 800 tree/ha 31-year-old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) stand was cut and removed from around one of each of four pairs of adjacent trees, the root zones of which were isolated using plastic sheeting buried to bedrock. The differen...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25825 |