Dynamics of regeneration gaps following harvest of aspen stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1818-1833

  MacIsaac, Daniel A ^a   Comeau, Philip G ^b   Macdonald, S Ellen ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASPEN REGENERATION GAPS; MIXEDWOOD MANAGEMENT; POSTHARVEST REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; EVERGREEN TREE; GAP DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; REGENERATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PICEA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33748894315     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-077     Document Type: Article

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