Understorey vegetation in boreal Picea mariana and Populus tremuloides stands in British Columbia

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-184

  Qian, Hong ^a   Klinka, Karel ^b   Økland, Rune H ^c,d   Krestov, Pavel ^e   Kayahara, Gordon J ^f  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal forest; Floristic relationship; Humus form; Species richness; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENSITY; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037745555     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02142.x     Document Type: Article

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