Possible mechanisms of sugar maple regeneration failure and replacement by beech in the Boise-des-Muir old-growth forest, Quebec

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 264-271

  Beaudet, Marilou ^a   Messier, Christian ^a   Paré, David ^a,c   Brisson, Jacques ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Fagus grandifolia; Old growth forest; Regeneration; Root sprouting; Soil properties; Succession; Understory light availability

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION;

BOISE DES MUIR; CANADA; QUEBEC;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0033369996     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682527     Document Type: Article

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