Net effect of competing vegetation on selected environmental conditions and performance of four spruce seedling stock sizes after eight years in Québec (Canada)

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 691-699

  Jobidon, Robert ^a   Roy, Vincent ^a   Cyr, Guillaume ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Large seedling; Release treatment; Soil temperature; Vegetation control

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORESTRY PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; RUBUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 1542789869     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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