Response of advance regeneration to intensity of harvest and fertilization on boreal wetlands

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-126

  Teng, Y ^a   Bailey, S E ^b   Foster, N W ^c   Hazlett, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Box 129   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Clearcut; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; WETLANDS;

ADVANCE REGENERATION PROTECTION (HARP);

GROWTH KINETICS;

BOREAL FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; WETLANDS;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0038018493     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79119-1     Document Type: Article

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