Light and temperature differentially colimit subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce seedling growth in partial-cut subalpine forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 249-260

  Lajzerowicz, Cleo C ^a   Walters, Michael B ^b   Krasowski, Marek ^c   Massicotte, Hugues B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED; SOILS;

SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURES;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH DETERMINATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SOIL NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 1842634065     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-198     Document Type: Article

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