The responses of black spruce growth to an increased proportion of aspen in mixed stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 405-416

  Légaré, Sonia ^a   Paré, David ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

SPRUCE GROWTH; TREMBLING ASPEN;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIXED FOREST;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 2342537110     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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