A new silvicultural approach to the management of uneven-aged Northern hardwoods: Frequent low-intensity harvesting

Forestry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-48

  Nolet, Philippe ^a   Doyon, Frédérik ^a,b   Messier, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOODLAND;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84892730509     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpt044     Document Type: Article

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