Growth and productivity of black spruce in even- and uneven-aged stands at the limit of the closed boreal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2153-2161

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Tremblay, Marie Josée ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Savard, Germain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Forest structure; Old growth forest; Picea mariana; Regeneration; Stem analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PICEA MARIANA; REGENERATION; STEM ANALYSIS;

DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PICEA MARIANA; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 70349292068     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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