Prolonged herbicide-induced vegetation changes in a regenerating boreal aspen clearcut

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-204

  Strong, W L ^a   Sidhu, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hexazinone; Plant community; Populus tremuloides; Site treatment

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION; SEED; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL; WETLANDS;

% REDUCTIONS; ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; COMPOSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEXAZINONE; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SITE TREATMENT; STEM DENSITY; VEGETATION CHANGE;

HERBICIDES;

HEXAZINONE;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; HERBICIDE; REGENERATION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HAZELNUT; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; SARSAPARILLA; SEEDLING; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIRAEA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIGA; UNDERSTOREY; VEGETATION; VIBURNUM; WHITE SPRUCE; WOODY STEM;

AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; ASTERACEAE; CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; CORYLUS; CORYLUS CORNUTA; EURYBIA CONSPICUA; MERTENSIA PANICULATA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROSA ACICULARIS; ROSA ARKANSANA; RUBUS PUBESCENS; SMILAX ARISTOLOCHIIFOLIA; SPIRAEA; SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA; SYMPHYOTRICHUM CILIOLATUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM EDULE;

EID: 27944496542     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

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