Photosynthetic light response and growth analysis of competitive regeneration after partial cutting in a boreal mixed stand

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 365-373

  Pothier, David ^a   Prévost, Marcel ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Light intensity; Resource allocation; Shade tolerance; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED;

LIGHT INTENSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CATOSTOMIDAE; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0036586688     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-001-0158-y     Document Type: Article

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