Effect of nursing mixtures on stem form, crown size, branching habit and wood properties of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.)

Agriculture & Biology

• stem form 100%
• Picea sitchensis 92%
• wood properties 86%
• plant architecture 78%
• tree crown 69%
• Picea 69%
• branching 65%
• Pinus contorta var. latifolia 42%
• branches 33%
• stems 8%
• Larix eurolepis 8%
• sawlogs 6%
• juvenile wood 6%
• Pinus contorta 6%
• pure stands 6%
• wood density 5%
• nurses 5%
• knots 5%
• growth rings 5%
• stem elongation 5%
• nitrogen fertilizers 4%
• canopy 3%
• nitrogen 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• stem 63%
• pine 60%
• effect 16%
• nitrogen 12%
• fertilizer 8%
• comparison 8%
• canopy 8%
• experiment 3%