Episodic recruitment of the seedling banks in balsam fir and white spruce

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1942-1950

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Gionest, François ^a   Laprise, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Boreal forest; Demography; Masting; Mortality; Picea glauca; Recruitment; Reproduction; Seed rain; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; MASTING; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAMPLING; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

ABIES; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SPRUCE;

ABIES; ECOSYSTEM; PICEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC; SEEDLING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84875205091     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200267     Document Type: Article

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