Stand structure and dynamics of Picea mariana on the northern border of the natural closed boreal forest in Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2307-2318

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Tremblay, Marie Josée ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Levasseur, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; EVEN-AGED STANDS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER LATITUDES; PICEA MARIANA; QUEBEC , CANADA; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND AGE; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURES; TREE AGE; TREE DENSITY; UNEVEN-AGED; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; SAPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY; QUEBEC; SAPLINGS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 72649095733     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-152     Document Type: Article

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