Effects of partial cutting and partial disturbance by wind and insects on stand composition, structure and growth in boreal mixedwoods

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-565

  Gendreau Berthiaume, Benoit ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel D ^a   Harvey, Brian D ^b  

^a Centre d'Etudes de la Foret Universite du Quebec A Montreal Succursale Centre ville   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HEIGHT; INSECT; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; STEM; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; HEXAPODA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84866123564     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps051     Document Type: Article

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