Age and size effects on seed productivity of northern black spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 534-543

  Viglas, Jayme N ^a   Brown, Carissa D ^a,b   Johnstone, Jill F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CONIFER SEEDS; DISTURBANCE FREQUENCY; EVEN-AGED STANDS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED VIABILITY;

LOGISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

AGE; BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MATURATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE;

FORESTRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PICEA MARIANA; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84878781274     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0022     Document Type: Article

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