Stem deformation in young plantations of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) in the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2213-2224

  Krause, Cornelia ^a   Plourde, Pierre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Compression wood; Container seedling; Jack pine; Plantations; Stem deformation

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SEED; TIMBER;

CONTAINER SEEDLINGS; STEM DEFORMATION; VOLUME OF COMPRESSION WOOD;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPRESSIBILITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFORMATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER MARKET; WOOD QUALITY;

COMPRESSION WOOD; HARVESTING; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLANTATIONS; SEEDLINGS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 42049090157     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.046     Document Type: Article

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