Growth and physiological response of eastern white pine seedlings to partial cutting and site preparation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 151-164

  Boucher, Jean François ^a   Bernier, Pierre Y ^b   Margolis, Hank A ^a   Munson, Alison D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Biomass allocation; Competing vegetation; Gas exchange; Partial cutting; Pinus strobus; Shelterwood system; Site preparation; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETING VEGETATION; GAS EXCHANGE; PARTIAL CUTTING; SHELTERWOOD SYSTEMS; WATER RELATIONS;

SEED;

ACCLIMATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SCARIFICATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPACING;

PINUS STROBUS; SEEDLINGS; SHELTERWOOD; SITE PREPARATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

HEXAPODA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 33846852199     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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