Plant species diversity and composition along an experimental gradient of northern hardwood abundance in Picea mariana plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 209-221

  Jobidon, Robert ^a   Cyr, Guillaume ^a   Thiffault, Nelson ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy light transmission; Floristic diversity; Man made disturbance; Stand structure; Vegetation control

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANTATION PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION TREATMENTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; PICEA MARIANA; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 3543051803     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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