Growth and productivity of black spruce (Picea mariana) belonging to the first cohort in stands within and north of the commercial forest in Quebec, Canada

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Tremblay, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest structure; Old growth forest; Stem analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPLOITATION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PROFITABILITY; STAND DYNAMICS; STEM; TREE RING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 79955726152     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2010043     Document Type: Article

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