Implications of selected approaches for regenerating and managing western boreal mixedwoods

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-574

  Comeau, Philip G ^a   Kabzems, Richard ^b   McClarnon, John ^b   Heineman, Jean L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c J Heineman Forestry Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Boreal mixedwood management; Mixedwood silvicultural systems; Planning; White spruce

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; PLANNING; WOOD;

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; COMPLEX FORESTS; HARVESTING ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PLANNING; WOOD;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 24944454538     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81559-4     Document Type: Article

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