Juvenile growth of hybrid poplars on acidic boreal soil determined by environmental effects of soil preparation, vegetation control, and fertilization

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 620-629

  Bilodeau Gauthier, Simon ^a   Paré, David ^b   Messier, Christian ^a   Bélanger, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Hybrid poplar; Intensive silviculture; Mechanical soil preparation; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; HYBRID POPLAR; INTENSIVE SILVICULTURE; MECHANICAL SOIL PREPARATION; PLANT COMPETITION;

CLONING; COMPETITION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ECOLOGY; SOILS; TRENCHING; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ACID SOIL; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYBRID; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVAL; WOOD;

CLONES; COMPETITION; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DISKS; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; POPULUS; SILVICULTURE; SOIL;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

POPULUS; POPULUS MAXIMOWICZII;

EID: 78651245282     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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