Ten years of vegetation succession following ground-applied release treatments in young black spruce plantations

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Pitt, Douglas G ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^b   Towill, William D ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal mixedwoods; Conifer release; Trembling aspen; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; HERBICIDES; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; CONIFER RELEASE; TREMBLING ASPEN; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH; HERBICIDES; NUTRIENTS; PICEA MARIANA; PLANTS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 2942712882     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/21.3.123     Document Type: Article

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