Failure of natural regeneration after clearcut logging in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 87, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 89-105

  Timoney, Kevin P ^a,b,c   Peterson, George ^b  

^a Wood Buffalo National Park   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Treeline Ecological Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forestry; Management; Old growth; Riparian; Silviculture; Stocking; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUT; LOGGING; REGENERATION; WHITE SPRUCE;

CANADA, ALBERTA, WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK;

BUBALUS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030608251     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03831-5     Document Type: Article

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