Altering successional trends in oak forests: 19 Year experimental results of low- and moderate-intensity silvicultural treatments

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2880-2895

  Povak, Nicholas A ^a,b   Lorimer, Craig G ^a   Guries, Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CURING; HERBICIDES;

EXTERNAL-; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; MESIC SITES; OAK FORESTS; OAK REGENERATIONS; PRIVATE LANDOWNERS; QUERCUS SPP; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; UNDERPLANTING; WIDESPREAD APPLICATIONS; WISCONSIN; WITH OR WITHOUT;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION;

COMPETITION; CURING; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; QUERCUS; SILVICULTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 55549099607     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-118     Document Type: Article

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