Secondary vegetation and floristic succession within a boreal aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) clearcut

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1576-1585

  Strong, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plant community; Secondary succession; Tolerance model

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VEGETATION;

EXTIRPATION; POPULUS TERMULOIDES; SECONDARY VEGETATION; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; VASCULAR PLANTS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROSA ACICULARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 11244331458     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-120     Document Type: Article

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