Screening for control of a forest weed: Early competition between three replacement species and Calamagrostis canadensis or Picea glauca

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1517-1526

  Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Stadt, Kenneth J ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forestry; Epilobium angustifolium; initial advantage; Nelder plot; Trifolium spp.

Indexed keywords

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; PICEA GLAUCA; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; FABACEAE; ONAGRACEAE; PINACEAE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 0030302625     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404790     Document Type: Article

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