Factors limiting the early survivorship of Thuja plicata on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 854-861

  Weber, Adrian ^a   Gilbert, Benjamin ^b   Kimmins, J P ^a   Prescott, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEED; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

CEDAR SEEDS;

FORESTRY;

DISTURBANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIMITING FACTOR; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVORSHIP;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; BRYOPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0037795405     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-010     Document Type: Article

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