Fifty years of forest dynamics following diameter-limit cuttings in balsam fir - Yellow birch stands of the lower St. Lawrence region, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2745-2755

  Archambault, Louis ^a   Delisle, Claude ^a   Larocque, Guy R ^a   Sirois, Luc ^b   Belleau, Pierre ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c Forêt Modele du Bas Saint Laurent ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOFTWOODS;

FOREST DYNAMICS; MICROSITE CONDITIONS; MIXEDWOODS; WINTER LOGGING;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; LOGGING (TIMBER); POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; LOGGING; SOFTWOODS;

CANADA; METIS LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; METIS; PICEA;

EID: 34247223195     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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