Free-to-grow regeneration standards are poorly linked to growth of spruce in boreal mixedwoods

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 818-824

  Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Stadt, Kenneth J ^a   Feng, Zhili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free; Grow; Mixedwoods; Productivity; Regeneration; Standard

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTERS; SAMPLING;

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; FREE-TO-GROW (FTG); REGENERATION; REGULATORY SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC SPACE; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SURVEY;

GROWTH; HARVESTING; SAMPLING; TREES; VARIETIES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 37249045418     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83818-6     Document Type: Article

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