Regeneration from seed of six tree species in the interior cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia as affected by substrate and canopy gap position

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1352-1364

  Wright, Elaine F ^a,b   Coates, K Dave ^a   Bartemucci, Paula ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST; REGENERATION; SEED; SUBSTRATE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES LASIOCARPA;

EID: 0032422373     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-117     Document Type: Article

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