Lodgepole pine growth as a function of competition and canopy light environment within aspen dominated mixedwoods of central interior British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1829-1838

  Harper, George ^a   O'Neill, Meghan ^b   Fielder, Peter ^a   Newsome, Teresa ^a   DeLong, Craig ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition indices; Light; Lodgepole pine; Sub boreal mixedwoods; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HERBICIDES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPETITION INDICES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT GROWTHS; LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS; LIGHT REGIMES; LIVE CROWNS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MIXED WOODS; NEAREST NEIGHBOURS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; NON-LINEAR MODELS; OLD LODGEPOLE PINES; PINE TREES; SITE SPECIFICS; STEM VOLUME GROWTHS; SUB-BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; TREMBLING ASPEN;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SILVICULTURE;

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; LIGHT; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANTS; POPULUS; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 62049084408     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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