First year performance and root egress of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.) seedlings in mechanically prepared and untreated planting sport in North Central British Columbia
Root zone temperature and root egress were studied during the first growing season on white spruce and lodgepole pine seedlings planted in various forms of mechanically prepared microsites. Mounded microsites had higher summer soil temperatures and greater diurnal ranges, at a depth of 10 cm, than t...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27347 |