Short communication: Aspen forest overstory relations to understory production

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 847-851

  LaRade, Shawna E ^a,b   Bork, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen removal; Browse; Competition; Facilitation; Herbage biomass; Topographic position

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FACILITATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OVERSTORY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNDERSTORY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 80051947379     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps2011-051     Document Type: Article

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