Early growth of white spruce underplanted beneath spaced and unspaced aspen stands in northeastern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2277-2283

  Comeau, Philip G ^a   Filipescu, Cosmin N ^a   Kabzems, Richard ^b   DeLong, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEED; VEGETATION;

COVARIATES; GROWTH RATES; LOCATIONS; UNTENDED STANDS;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURE; SPACING; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

BASAL AREA; DIAMETER; FERTILIZATION; HEIGHT; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SEEDS; THINNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 14844320611     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-105     Document Type: Article

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