Balsam fir and white spruce seedling recruitment in response to understory release, seedbed type, and litter exclusion in trembling aspen stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 667-673

  Wang, G Geoff ^a   Kemball, Kevin J ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; MOISTURE; SEED; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

FOREST FLOOR; MINERAL SOILS; SEEDBED TYPES; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST FLOOR; LIGHT; LITTER; RECRUITMENT;

ABIES AMABILIS; FORESTRY; MINERALS; MOISTURE; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PLANTS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SEEDING; SOIL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 22144491901     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-212     Document Type: Article

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