Ecology and management of natural regeneration of white spruce in the boreal forest

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 461-478

  Gärtner, Stefanie M ^a,b   Lleffers, Victor J ^c   Macdonald, S Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Renewable Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Establishment; Forest management; Picea glauca; Regeneration microsite; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ESTABLISHMENT; PICEA GLAUCA; REGENERATION MICROSITE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED GERMINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; MINERALS; SEED; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84871674335     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A11-017     Document Type: Article

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