Regeneration of Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa in high-elevation forests of south-central British Columbia depends on nurse logs

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Brang, Peter ^a   Moran, Jonathan ^b   Puttonen, Pasi ^c   Vyse, Alan ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Direct light; Ecological niche; Microsite; Nurse logs; Seedbed; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS; WOOD;

WOOD SEEDBEDS;

FORESTRY;

DEAD WOOD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROHABITAT; NICHE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 0042732919     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79273-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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