Reproductive potential of balsam fir (Abies balsamea), white spruce (Picea glauca), and black spruce (P. mariana) at the ecotone between mixedwood and coniferous forests in the boreal zone of western Quebec

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 746-754

  Messaoud, Yassine ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Asselin, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Boreal zone; Cone and seed production; Coniferous forest; Ecotone; Mixedwood forest; Picea glauca; Picea mariana

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; MIXED FOREST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEED PRODUCTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 34250733088     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.746     Document Type: Article

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