Long-term black spruce plantation growth and structure after release and juvenile cleaning: A 24-year study

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-426

  Cyr, Guillaume ^a   Thiffault, Nelson ^a,b,c,d  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Growth; Plantation; Stand development; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS; VEGETATION;

BLACK SPRUCE; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; PLANTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURES; STAND DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; PLANTATION; SAPLING; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; YIELD RESPONSE;

DIMENSIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; JUVENILE WOOD; PICEA MARIANA; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; SAPLINGS; SOFTWOODS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 67651113454     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85417-3     Document Type: Article

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