Do harvest methods and soil type impact the regeneration and growth of black spruce stands in northwestern Quebec?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1843-1851

  Lafleur, Benoit ^a   Paré, David ^b   Fenton, Nicole J ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; CAREFUL LOGGING; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FOREST REGENERATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; PICEA MARIANA; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL TYPES; SPRUCE STEMS; TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS; TREE REGENERATION;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOSS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; WILDFIRE;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77958059138     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-128     Document Type: Article

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