Regeneration dynamics of Sitka spruce in artificially created forest gaps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 260-266

  Page, L M ^a   Cameron, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest gaps; Natural regeneration; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SUN; VEGETATION;

CANOPY; FOREST GAPS; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

GAP DYNAMICS; GERMINATION; REGENERATION; SHADING; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTS; GERMINATION; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SUN LIGHT;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 29744452388     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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