Seed abscission schedules and the timing of post-fire salvage of Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-24

  Greene, D F ^a   Splawinski, T B ^b   Gauthier, S ^c   Bergeron, Y ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscission; Fire; Recruitment; Regeneration; Salvage; Seed

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; BLACK SPRUCE (PICEA MARIANA); JACK PINE (PINUS BANKSIANA); NATURAL REGENERATION; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATING PLANTS; REGENERATION; SALVAGE OPERATIONS;

INCINERATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALVAGING; SEED;

FIRES;

ABSCISSION; BURNING; FOREST FIRE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED; SEED BANK; TREE;

EID: 84877122979     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.049     Document Type: Article

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