Effect of harvest intensity on development of natural regeneration and shrubs in an Ontario boreal mixedwood stand

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 189, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 207-222

  MacDonald, G Blake ^a   Cherry, Marilyn L ^b   Thompson, David J ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Clearcutting; Competition; Diameter; Height; Mixedwood management; Partial cutting; Picea; Populus; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED; SOIL MECHANICS;

NATURAL REGENERATION; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

ECOLOGY;

BASAL AREA; CLEARCUTTING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 1242277788     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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