Effect of drainage and microtopography in forested wetlands on the microenvironment and growth of planted black spruce seedlings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-574

  Roy, Vincent ^a,c   Bernier, Pierre Y ^b   Plamondon, André P ^a   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DRAINAGE; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

FORESTED WETLANDS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

WETLANDS;

DRAINAGE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL TYPE; SURVIVAL;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0033052313     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-024     Document Type: Article

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