Advanced regeneration and seedling establishment in small cutblocks in high-elevation spruce-fir forest at Sicamous Creek, southern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1877-1888

  Parish, Roberta ^a   Antos, Joseph A ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SEED;

FIR GERMINANTS; REGENERATION; SICAMOUS CREEK SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; MICROHABITAT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE;

ABIES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PICEA; SEEDLINGS; SILVICULTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SICAMOUS CREEK;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 29844440995     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-108     Document Type: Article

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