Reduction of black spruce seed bank by spruce budworm infestation compromises postfire stand regeneration

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1686-1696

  Simard, Martin ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FIRES; FORESTRY; WOOD;

BLACK SPRUCE SEED; CONE CROPS; SEED BANK; STAND REGENERATION;

SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; PEST OUTBREAK; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; WILDFIRE;

DEFOLIATION; FARM CROPS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; SEEDS; SPRUCE BUDWORM; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 26944500720     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-083     Document Type: Article

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