Spatially explicit structure of natural stands dominated by black spruce

Silva Fennica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Mortality; Picea mariana; Recruitment; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; MORTALITY; PICEA MARIANA; RECRUITMENT; STAND DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

REFORESTATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PICEA MARIANA; REFORESTATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84888021175     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 22424075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.973     Document Type: Article

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