Ecological factors affecting the abundance of advance regeneration in Quebec's southwestern boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 888-898

  Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; REGENERATION;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ABITIBI;

ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CUPRESSACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINACEAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030442362     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-097     Document Type: Article

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