Early above- and below-ground responses of subboreal conifer seedlings to various levels of deciduous canopy removal

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1891-1899

  Claveau, Yves ^a   Comeau, Philip G ^b   Messier, Christian ^a   Kelly, Colin P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HARVESTING; LIGHT; SOILS;

DECIDUOUS CANOPIES; ROOT GROWTHS; SOIL RESOURCES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; ORNITHOLOGY; UNDERSTORY;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST CANOPY; HARVESTING; LIGHT; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS; SOFTWOODS; SOIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33749344182     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-049     Document Type: Article

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