Comparison of the ground vegetation in spruce plantations and natural forest in the greater fundy ecosystem, New Brunswick

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-540

  Veinotte, Cam ^a   Freedman, Bill ^a   Maass, Wolfgang ^a   Kirstein, Friederike ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Environmental impact; Forestry; Ground vegetation; New Brunswick; Plant communities; Plantations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER PENNSYLVANICUM; ACER PENSYLVANICUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CEPHALOZIELLA; CHILOSCYPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; LEPIDOZIA; LEPIDOZIA REPTANS; NOWELLIA CURVIFOLIA; ODONTOSCHISMA; ODONTOSCHISMA DENUDATUM; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM ALNIFOLIUM; VIBURNUM LANTANOIDES;

EID: 5444245649     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i4.800     Document Type: Article

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