Establishment and dynamics of the balsam fir seedling bank in old forests of northeastern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-603

  Parent, Sylvain ^a   Simard, Marie Josée ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Messier, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEED; SUBSTRATES; WOOD;

REGENERATION DYNAMICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; PLEUROZIUM; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0038548194     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-194     Document Type: Article

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