Effects of light availability and sapling size on the growth and crown morphology of understory Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-231

  Williams, Harry ^a   Messier, Christian ^b   Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^b  

^a Oikos Ecological Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0032963042     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-189     Document Type: Article

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