Effects of post-windthrow salvage logging on microsites, plant composition and regeneration

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-337

  Waldron, Kaysandra ^a   Ruel, Jean Claude ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   De Grandpré, Louis ^b   Peterson, Chris J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black spruce moss forest; Ecosystem management; Forest floor heterogeneity; Pit and mound microtopography; Post disturbance key attributes; Understorey vegetation; Windthrow severity

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84896029831     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12061     Document Type: Article

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