Effects of overstory and understory vegetation on the understory light environment in mixed boreal forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 511-520

  Messier, Christian ^a   Parent, Sylvain ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Betula papyrifera; Forest understory; Light environment; Populus tremuloides; Succession; Sunfleck; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0031741093     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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