Microclimatic and spruce growth gradients adjacent to young aspen stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 13-26

  Voicu, Mihai F ^a   Comeau, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Aspen; Light; Microclimate; Mixedwoods; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides; Soil moisture; Stand edges; White spruce

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SEED;

AIR TEMPERATURE; STAND EDGES;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EDGE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; LIGHT; METEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATES; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POPULUS; SEEDLINGS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 29744460695     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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