Effect of gap size, aspect and slope on available light and soil temperature after patch-selection cutting in yellow birch-conifer stands, Quebec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 274, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-221

  Prévost, Marcel ^a   Raymond, Patricia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hillslope site; Patch selection cutting; PPFD; Silvicultural gap; Soil temperature; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAVED TREES; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOREST TYPE; FOREST UNDERSTORY; GAP SIZE; HILLSLOPES; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; MIXEDWOOD STANDS; OPENING SIZES; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PPFD; QUEBEC , CANADA; SILVICULTURAL GAP; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HILLSLOPE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNDERSTORY;

CANADA; CUTTING; ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL; SUN LIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84859986060     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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