Silviculture and planted species interact to influence reforestation success on a Kalmia-dominated site - a 15-year study

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-242

  Thiffault, Nelson ^a,b   Titus, Brian D ^c   Moroni, Martin T ^d,e  

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

^b Centre d'etude de la foret Montreal   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Fertilizer; Herbicide; Jack pine; Kalmia angustifolia; Scarification; Tamarack; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

BLACK SPRUCE; JACK PINE; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; SCARIFICATION; TAMARACK; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERTILIZER; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HERBICIDE; JUVENILE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SCARIFICATION; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SCARIFICATION; WEED CONTROL;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

CONIFEROPHYTA; KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 77951904698     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86234-2     Document Type: Article

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