Motor-manual, mechanical, and herbicide release affect early successional vegetation in northwestern Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  Bell, F Wayne ^a   Lautenschlager, R A ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a   Pitt, Doug G ^b   Hawkins, John W ^c   Ride, Kevin R ^d  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

clearing saw; conifer release; Falingsnow Ecosystem Project; glyphosate; herbicides; Release ; Silvana Selective; spruce; triclopyr; vegetation management; Vision

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; HERBICIDE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030619455     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73061-1     Document Type: Article

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