Red spruce forest regeneration dynamics across a gradient from Acadian forest to old field in Greenwich, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-180

  Cavallin, N ^a   Vasseur, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abandoned fields; Diversity; Plant community; Red spruce; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA]; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NATIONAL PARK;

PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 59849122380     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9497-8     Document Type: Article

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