Ten-year response of northern hardwood stands to commercial selection cutting in southern Quebec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 764-775

  Forget, Eric ^a   Nolet, Philippe ^a   Doyon, Frédérik ^a   Delagrange, Sylvain ^a   Jardon, Yves ^a  

^a Institut Quebecois d'Amenagement de la Foret Feuillue IQAFF   (Canada)

Author keywords

American beech; Dendrochronology; Diameter growth; Residual basal area; Stand growth and mortality; Sugar maple; Uneven aged silviculture; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORESTATION;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; STAND GROWTH;

HARDWOODS;

BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; FOREST CLEARANCE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURE;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HARDWOODS; MORTALITY; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 34047150305     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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