Shade increases first-year survival of Douglas-fir seedlings /

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DEC 8 ft, On a clearcut area of the Boise National Forest in &^SB8 J SBtki, RECOiiflS shading doubled first-year -percent survival of Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco]. The mortality rate among seedlings on unshaded plots was rela- tively constant throughout the growing season, but among seedlings on shaded plots, dropped sharply by mid-August.

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