The relationship between site and tree characteristics and the presence of wet heartwood in black spruce in the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1519-1526

  Krause, Cornelia ^a   Gagnon, Réjean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOISTURE; SOILS; WOOD;

MOISTURE CONTENT CLASSIFICATION; ORGANIC SOIL;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; ORGANIC SOIL; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; WOOD;

DRYING; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; HEART WOOD; MOISTURE; PICEA MARIANA; PODZOL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33748523169     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-026     Document Type: Article

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