Comparing the importance of seedbed and canopy type in the restoration of upland Thuja occidentalis forests of Northeastern Minnesota

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 386-396

  Cornett, Meredith W ^a,b   Puettmann, Klaus J ^a   Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula; Canopy type; Forests; Minnesota; Restoration ecology; Safe sites; Seedbeds; Thuja occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK;

UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0035687140     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2001.94008.x     Document Type: Article

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