Do position and species identity of neighbours matter in 8-15-year-old post harvest mesic stands in the boreal mixedwood?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1124-1131

  Boivin, Frédéric ^a   Paquette, Alain ^a   Papaik, Michael J ^b   Thiffault, Nelson ^c   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood; Competition; Competition index; Neighbourhood model; Sapling; Second growth forest

Indexed keywords

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; COMPETITION INDEX; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SAPLING; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS;

COMPETITION; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED FOREST; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

COMPETITION; FORESTS; GROWTH; HARVESTING; PLANTS; SAPLINGS;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77955774207     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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