Regeneration in windthrow areas in hemiboreal forests: The influence of microsite on the height growths of different tree species

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Vodde, Floortje ^a,b   Jõgiste, Kalev ^a   Gruson, Loïc ^a   Ilisson, Triin ^a,c   Köster, Kajar ^a   Stanturf, John A ^d  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Center for Forest Disturbance Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsite; Norway spruce; Regeneration; Silver birch; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

AUCUPARIA; BETULA PENDULA; DAMAGED AREA; DEEP PIT; ESTONIA; FOREST DISTURBANCES; GLUTINOSA; HEIGHT GROWTH; MIXED FORESTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; POPULUS TREMULA; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SHALLOW SOILS; SILVER BIRCH; SOIL INSTABILITIES; SOIL PITS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPRUCE SEEDLINGS; TREE SPECIES; WIND DISTURBANCE; WINDTHROWS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; HARDWOODS; SOILS; STORMS;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING;

AGRICULTURE; BETULA PUBESCENS; HARDWOODS; PICEA ABIES; REFORESTATION; SOIL; WIND;

ESTONIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; POPULUS TREMULA; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 75549083167     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-009-0156-2     Document Type: Article

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