The contradictory role of understory vegetation on the success of Scots pine regeneration

Silva Fennica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hyppönen, Mikko ^a   Hallikainen, Ville ^a   Niemelä, Juhani ^a   Rautio, Pasi ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Field and ground layer vegetation; Initial growth; Modelling approach; Prescribed burning; Seedling establishment; Seedling mortality; Site preparation

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION;

GROUND LAYER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING MORTALITY; SITE PREPARATION;

REFORESTATION;

MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SITE PREPARATION; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS;

FINLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 84881140377     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.903     Document Type: Article

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