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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Main Author: Von der Gonna, Marc A.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27347