Emergence of balsam fir seedlings under increasing broadleaf litter thickness

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1976-1981

  Parent, Sylvain ^a   Walsh, Denis ^a   Simard, Marie Josée ^b   Morin, Hubert ^a   Gagnon, Réjean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEED;

BROADLEAF LITTER THICKNESS; DRY MASS ALLOCATION; SEED DENSITY; SEED DISPERSION;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LITTER SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; OVERTOPPING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ABIES AMABILIS; DISPERSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEEDS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 33749332086     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-091     Document Type: Article

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