Unusual effect of controlling aboveground competition by Ledum groenlandicum on black spruce (Picea mariana) in boreal forested peatland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2058-2062

  Lavoie, Martin ^a   Paré, David ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL FOREST; LEDUM GROENLANDICUM;

PEAT;

ANGIOSPERM; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MECHANICAL CONTROL; NUTRIENT; PEATLAND; REGENERATION; SEEDLING;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; PEAT; PICEA MARIANA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM;

EID: 33749330482     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-102     Document Type: Article

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