Early effects of pre- and post-harvest herbicide application and partial cutting in regenerating aspen - jack pine mixtures in northeastern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1082-1090

  Man, Rongzhou ^a,d   Rice, James A ^b   MacDonald, G Blake ^c  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Beihua University ^*  (Canada)

^d BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; AFTER-TREATMENT; BOREAL FORESTS; BROADLEAVED; CONIFER TREES; EARLY EFFECTS; HARVESTING PATTERNS; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; JACK PINE; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; ONTARIO; PARTIAL CUTTING; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POSTHARVEST; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RED MAPLES; SITE PREPARATION; TREMBLING ASPEN; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; MIXTURES; REFORESTATION;

ECOLOGY;

BOREAL FOREST; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; HARVESTING; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; HERBS; MIXTURES; ONTARIO; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POACEAE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 79955710756     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-021     Document Type: Article

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