Alternative conifer release treatments affect leaf area index of competing vegetation and available light for seedling growth

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Reynolds, Phillip E ^a   Bell, F Wayne ^c   Simpson, James A ^b   Gordon, Andrew M ^b   Lautenschlager, R A ^c   Gresch, Donald A ^b   Buckley, Donald A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

black spruce; competition indices; Fallingsnow Ecosystem Project; leaf area index (LAI); mean tip angle (MTA); photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); plant succession; Release (triclopyr); trembling aspen; vegetation management; Vision (glyphosate); white spruce

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEEDLING;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINACEAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030619460     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73083-1     Document Type: Article

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