Ecology and traits of plant species that compete with boreal and temperate forest conifers: An overview of available information and its use in forest management in Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-174

  Bell, F Wayne ^a   Kershaw, Maureen ^b   Aubin, Isabelle ^c   Thiffault, Nelson ^d   Dacosta, Jennifer ^a   Wiensczyk, Alan ^e  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

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

^e FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Forest management; Life history traits; Plant traits; Temperate forests; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; LIFE HISTORY; PLANT TRAITS; TEMPERATE FORESTS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; MANAGERS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFORESTATION; USER INTERFACES; VEGETATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

AUTECOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATABASE; FERN; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERB; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 79959970922     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2011-006     Document Type: Article

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