Juvenile response to conifer release alternatives on aspen-white spruce boreal mixedwood sites. Part I: Stand structure and composition

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 538-547

  Pitt, Douglas G ^a   Bell, F Wayne ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwoods; Fibre production; Trembling aspen; Vegetation management; White spruce

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

BOREAL MIXEDWOOD; SPRUCE STOCKING; STAND STRUCTURE; STUMP SUCKERING;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANTATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWOODS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 24944449834     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81538-4     Document Type: Article

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