Spring frost and decay fungi are implicated in suppressing aspen re-growth following partial cleaning in juvenile stands

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 805-805

  Wolken, Jane M ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Mulak, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armillaria root rot; Aspen; Frost; Partial cleaning; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST CLEARANCE; FROST; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; REGENERATION; REGROWTH; RESPROUTING; ROOT ROT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARMILLARIA; FUNGI; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 71049131532     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009072     Document Type: Article

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