Reducing paper birch density increases Douglas-fir growth rate and Armillaria root disease incidence in southern interior British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Baleshta, Karen E ^a   Simard, Suzanne W ^b   Guy, Robert D ^b   Chanway, Christopher P ^b  

^a Faculty of Forestry ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armillaria ostoyae; Interior Douglas fir; Mixed stands; Paper birch

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOISTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

DENSITY REDUCTION; FOREST DIVERSITY; FOREST HEALTH; UNTREATED STANDS;

FORESTRY;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; THINNING; WEED CONTROL;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; DISEASES; MOISTURE; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOTSUGA; SOIL; STEMS; THINNING; TRANSMITTANCE;

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

EID: 14844336453     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.076     Document Type: Article

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