Paper birch competitive effects vary with conifer tree species and stand age in interior British Columbia forests: Implications for reforestation policy and practice

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 55-74

  Simard, Suzanne W ^a   Sachs, Donald L ^b   Vyse, Alan ^c   Blevins, Leandra L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Forest Research Consultant   (Canada)

^c 515 Columbia Street BC   (Canada)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Douglas fir; Paper birch; Succession; Vegetation management; Western larch; Western redcedar

Indexed keywords

CONIFER FORESTS; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; PLANTATION;

COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION;

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; LARIX; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 3543089243     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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