Restoring southern Ontario forests by managing succession in conifer plantations

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-94

  Parker, William C ^a   Elliott, Ken A ^b   Dey, Daniel C ^a,c   Boysen, Eric ^b  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn predation; Direct seeding; Fraxinus americana; Pinus resinosa; Pinus strobus; Plantations; Quercus rubra; Red oak; Red pine; Thinning; Underplanting; White ash; White pine

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; SEED;

ACORN PREDATION; ONTARIO FORESTS; RED OAK; UNDERPLANTING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SUCCESSION; THINNING;

FORESTS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; GROWTH; PINUS MONTICOLA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; PLANTATIONS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SEEDING; THINNING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 41149176490     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84083-1     Document Type: Article

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