Growth, allocation and leaf gas exchanges of hybrid poplar plants in their establishment phase on previously forested sites: Effect of different vegetation management techniques

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-285

  Coll, Lluis ^a,b   Messier, Christian ^a   Delagrange, Sylvain ^a,c   Berninger, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Competition; Hybrid poplar; Photosynthesis; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; HERBICIDE; HYBRID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 34547101970     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007005     Document Type: Article

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