Evaluation of competitive effects of green alder, willow and other tall shrubs on white spruce and lodgepole pine in Northern Alberta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-91

  Cortini, Francesco ^a   Comeau, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition index; Green alder; Interspecific plant competition; Light transmittance; Lodgepole pine; Nitrogen; Nutrients availability; Regeneration standard; Tree growth; Visual cover estimate; White spruce; Willow

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENTS AVAILABILITY; TREE GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA BALSAM; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GRANDE PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALNUS; ALNUS CRISPA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; SALIX;

EID: 38649113212     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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