Seasonal changes in carbohydrate storage and regrowth in rhizomes and stems of four boreal forest shrubs: Applications in picea glauca understorey regeneration

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Cornus stolonifera; Corylus cornuta; Epilobium angustifoUum; Non structural carbohydrates; Rosa acicularis; Shrub control; Tnc; Tree regeneration; Understorey; Viburnum edule; Woody weeds

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 1842409028     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589709355380     Document Type: Article

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