Forest regeneration 50 years following partial cutting in mixedwood ecosystems of southern Quebec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 703-711

  Archambault, Louis ^a   Delisle, Claude ^a   Larocque, Guy R ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Partial cutting; Red spruce; Regeneration; Sugar maple; Yellow birch

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANTHANUM; PARKS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

BALSAM FIR; PARTIAL CUTTING; RED SPRUCE; REGENERATION; SUGAR MAPLE; YELLOW BIRCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION;

ABIES AMABILIS; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANTHANUM; PICEA RUBENS; REFORESTATION; SUGARS;

CANADA; LA MAURICIE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 56649112831     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.056     Document Type: Article

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