Understory vegetation of boreal tree plantations: Differences in relation to previous land use and natural forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Gachet, Sophie ^a   Leduc, Alain ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Nguyen Xuan, Thuy ^b   Tremblay, Francine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological value; Flora; Multivariate analysis; Old fields; Site conversion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL VALUES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLD FIELDS; SITE CONVERSION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OLD FIELD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SITE INDEX; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LAND USE; PLANTS;

ABITIBI; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TEMISCAMINGUE;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 33947217410     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.037     Document Type: Article

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