Early understory successional changes following clearcutting in the balsam fir-yellow birch forest

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-100

  De Grandpré, Louis ^a   Archambault, Louis ^a   Morissette, Jacques ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herb; Logging; Seedlings; Shrub; Succession; Tree regeneration; Understory communities; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0034037707     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682577     Document Type: Article

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