Regeneration of Populus nine years after variable retention harvest in boreal mixedwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Gradowski, Tomasz ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Landhäusser, Simon M ^a   Sidders, Derek ^b   Volney, Jan ^b   Spence, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen suckering; Forest regeneration; Variable retention harvest

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; ASPEN PLUS; BASAL AREA; BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST REGENERATION; MATURE TREES; MIXEDWOOD; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; POPULUS; RETENTION LEVELS; SPRUCE TREES; WHITE SPRUCE;

HARVESTING;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; POPULUS; REFORESTATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 72649096965     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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