Biological control of intolerant hardwood competition: Silvicultural efficacy of Chondrostereum purpureum and worker productivity in conifer plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1571-1579

  Roy, Vincent ^a   Dubeau, Denise ^a   Auger, Isabelle ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioherbicide; Labor productivity; Light; Mechanical release; Stump sprouts; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; AFTER-TREATMENT; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BIOHERBICIDE; BIOHERBICIDES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HIGH DENSITY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; PAPER BIRCH; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; RED MAPLES; STUMP SPROUTING; TREMBLING ASPEN; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; WHITE SPRUCE;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPETITION; HARDWOODS; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOPESTICIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CHONDROSTEREUM PURPUREUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 77649274204     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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