Long-term effects of vegetation control treatments for release of Engelmann spruce from a mixed-shrub community in Southern British Columbia

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 681-690

  Biring, Balvinder Singh ^a   Comeau, Philip George ^b   Fielder, Peter ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engelmann spruce; Free growing; Glyphosate; Repeated manual cutting; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; SHRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED CONTROL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 1542475191     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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