Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) growth is influenced by close conspecifics and skid trail proximity following selection harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 823-831

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Beaudet, Marilou ^a   Mazerolle, Marc J ^b   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition indices; Individual tree growth model; Light availability; Model averaging; Selection harvest; Skid trail; Sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION INDICES; INDIVIDUAL-TREE GROWTH MODEL; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODEL AVERAGING; SELECTION HARVEST; SKID TRAIL; SUGAR MAPLE (ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.);

COMPETITION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODELING; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

ACER SACCHARUM; COOLING SYSTEMS; GROWTH; HARVESTING; SKIDS; SUGAR; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TEMISCAMINGUE;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 67650089666     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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