The effects of harvest intensity and seedbed type on germination and cumulative survivorship of white spruce and balsam fir in northwestern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1467-1476

  Calogeropoulos, C ^a   Greene, D F ^a   Messier, C ^b   Brais, S ^c  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

BALSAM FIRS; CUMULATIVE SURVIVORSHIP; ORGANIC SOILS; SEEDBEDS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; PICEA; SEEDS; SOIL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 4644370556     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-036     Document Type: Article

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