Effect of seed predation, shade and soil organic matter on the early establishment of eastern white pine and balsam fir seedlings

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 759-763

  Duchesne, L C ^a   Herr, D G ^a   Wetzel, S ^a   Thompson, I D ^a   Reader, R ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Fire ecology; Peromyscus maniculatus; Pinus strobus; Seed predation; Succession

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS STROBUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034486712     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc76759-5     Document Type: Article

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