Planted stock performance 10 years after partial cutting in west-central British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-129

  Waterhouse, M J ^a   Wallich, E C ^b   Daintith, N M ^a   Armleder, H M ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Tree Physiologist Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Group selection; Interior spruce; Irregular group shelterwood; Light level; Lodgepole pine; Montane Spruce zone; Partial harvest; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Sub Boreal Pine Spruce zone; Summer frost

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARIBOU; GROUP SELECTION; IRREGULAR GROUP SHELTERWOOD; LIGHT LEVEL; LODGEPOLE PINE; PARTIAL HARVEST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUMMER FROST;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROUP SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING;

FORESTS; FROST; HARVESTING; LIGHT; MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE; PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA; REFORESTATION; SELECTION; SHELTERWOOD; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 77949419085     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86118-1     Document Type: Article

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