Initial distance to Kalmia angustifolia as a predictor of planted conifer growth

New Forests

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 849-868

  Thiffault, Nelson ^a,b   Picher, Geneviève ^a   Auger, Isabelle ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ericaceous shrubs; Quantile regression; Reforestation; Scarification

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GROWTH; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; BOREAL FORESTS; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; CONIFER GROWTH; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; ERICACEOUS SHRUBS; FOREST PLANTATION; INITIAL DISTANCE; MEAN DISTANCES; MICROSITES; NATURAL REGENERATION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; QUANTILE REGRESSION; SCARIFICATION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SOIL PREPARATION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL SCARIFICATION;

ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION;

SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; SCARIFICATION; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SITE PREPARATION; STEM; TOLERANCE; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; REFORESTATION; SCARIFICATION; SEEDS; SHRUBS;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84865410132     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-012-9324-x     Document Type: Article

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