Understorey plant community characteristics and natural hardwood regeneration under three partial harvest treatments applied in a northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) stand in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region of Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-773

  Dech, Jeffery P ^a,b   Robinson, Lisa M ^a   Nosko, Peter ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Forestry Research Partnership   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Acer saccharum; Community ecology; Great Lakes St. Lawrence forest; Group selection; Ontario; Ordination; Quercus rubra; Regeneration niche; Shelterwood

Indexed keywords

APPLIED (CO); CROWN CLOSURE (CC); EASTERN NORTH AMERICA (ENA); GREAT LAKES (CO); GROUP SELECTION (GS); MEAN DIAMETER; MICRO ENVIRONMENTS; PARTIAL HARVESTING; PLANT COMMUNITIES; QUERCUS; RANDOM DESIGN; RED OAKS; REGENERATION (RENOVATING); UNDERSTOREY; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; HARVESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; CAREX; QUERCUS RUBRA; RUBUS IDAEUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 46849096990     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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