Quality of growth substrates of post-disturbed lowland black spruce sites for black spruce (Picea mariana) seedling growth

New Forests

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-216

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce seedlings; Careful logging; Growth substrates; Pot experiment; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; SEED; SOIL CONSERVATION;

BLACK SPRUCE SEEDLINGS; CAREFUL LOGGING; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; POT EXPERIMENT; WILDFIRE;

SOFTWOODS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOSS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE; WILDFIRE;

GROWTH; PICEA MARIANA; SEEDLINGS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PLEUROZIUM; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33847179523     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-006-9024-5     Document Type: Article

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