Relationships between microsite type and the growth and nutrition of young black spruce on post-disturbed lowland black spruce sites in eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-73

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); HARVESTING; SOILS;

BRYOPHYTES; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; MINERAL SOILS; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

BRYOPHYTE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; PALUDIFICATION; REGENERATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL SURFACE; SUBSTRATE;

DECAY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SOIL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA MARIANA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 34250377402     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-196     Document Type: Article

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