Emergence and seasonal mortality of naturally regenerated Picea abies seedlings: Impact of overstory density and two site preparation methods

New Forests

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-87

  Granhus, Aksel ^a   Hanssen, Kjersti Holt ^b   De Chantal, Michelle ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Group felling; Inverting; Partial cutting; Patch scarification; Seedling damage; Shelterwood density

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING;

GROUP FELLING; PARTIAL CUTTING; PATCH SCARIFICATION; SEEDLING DAMAGE; SHELTERWOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SILVICULTURE;

HARVESTING; PICEA ABIES; SEEDLINGS;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 36649000007     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-007-9061-8     Document Type: Article

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