Succession and resilience in boreal mixedwood plant communities 15-16 years after silvicultural site preparation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 349-370

  Haeussler, Sybille ^a   Bartemucci, Paula ^b   Bedford, Lorne ^c  

^a Skeena Forestry Consultants   (Canada)

^b Smithers BC V0J 2N0   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canonical redundancy analysis; Herbicide; Mechanical site preparation; Picea glauca; Resilience; Stand and landscape diversity; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; LAKES; SEED;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE; SITE PREPARATION; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; SILVICULTURE; SOFTWOODS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; INGA LAKE; IRON CREEK; NORTH AMERICA;

CALAMAGROSTIS; CALAMAGROSTIS CANADENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; INGA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 4444237909     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.052     Document Type: Article

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