Responses of planted conifers and natural hardwood regeneration to harvesting, scalping, and weeding on a boreal mixedwood site

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 213-230

  MacDonald, G Blake ^a   Thompson, David J ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood management; Herbicide; Partial cutting; Picea; Pinus; Populus; Seedling response; Underplanting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; SEED; WEED CONTROL;

SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SITE PREPARATION; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LAMB; MAMMALIA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0042853255     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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