Group and single-tree selection cutting in mixed tolerant hardwood-white pine stands: Early establishment dynamics of white pine and associated species

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1093-1106

  Raymond, Patricia ^a,b   Munson, Alison D ^a   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a   Nolet, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

^c Inst Quebecois d'Amenagement F   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct seeding; Eastern white pine; Group selection cutting; Paper birch; Red oak; Regeneration; Regeneration gap; Scarification; Seed predation; Single tree selection cutting; Tolerant hardwoods; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; SEED;

REGENERATION; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; SCARIFICATION; SEED PREDATION; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURE;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SEEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; MAMMALIA; PINUS STROBUS; POPULUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STROBUS;

EID: 1642331316     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc791093-6     Document Type: Article

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