Morphological plasticity and regeneration strategies of velvet leaf blueberry (Vaccinium myrtiltoides Michx.) following canopy disturbance in boreal mixedwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-50

  Moola, F M ^a   Mallik, A U ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY GAP; GROWTH; REGENERATION;

GAULTHERIA SHALLON; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; VACCINIUM MYRTILLOIDES;

EID: 0032476728     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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