Hybrid poplar yields in Québec: Implications for a sustainable forest zoning management system

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-407

  Fortier, Julien ^a,b,c   Truax, Benoit ^a   Gagnon, Daniel ^a,b,c   Lambert, France ^a  

^a Fiducie de recherche sur la forêt des Cantons de l'Est Eastern Townships Forest Research Trust   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Biomass; Ecosystem services; Forest conversion; Intensive aspen silviculture

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST CONVERSION; INTENSIVE ASPEN SILVICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOILS; ZONING;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYBRID; OWNERSHIP; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

POPULUS;

EID: 84865709397     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2012-075     Document Type: Article

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