Comparison of growth and physiology of layers and naturally established seedlings of black spruce in a boreal cutover in Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Paquin, Raynald ^a,b   Margolis, Hank A ^b   Doucet, René ^a   Coyea, Marie R ^b  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0032947489     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-171     Document Type: Article

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