Effects of controlled weed densities and soil types on soil nitrate accumulation, spruce growth, and weed growth

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-144

  Thevathasan, Naresh V ^a   Reynolds, Phillip E ^b   Kuessner, Ralf ^c   Bell, Wayne F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alder (Abuts crispa); Birch (Betula papyrifera); Black spruce (Picea mariana); Boreal forest species; Canada bluejoint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis); Competition; Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium); Growth; Microclimate; Red raspberry (Rubus idaeus); Soil nitrate (NO3 ) accumulation; Soil nitrogen mineralization; Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides); Vegetation management; Weed thresholds; Willow (Salix humilis)

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH; NITRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TYPE; WEED;

CANADA;

ALNUS CRISPA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; RUBUS IDAEUS; SALIX HUMILIS;

EID: 0034255294     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00304-7     Document Type: Article

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