White spruce understory protection: From planning to growth and yield

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-43

  Grover, Brigitte E ^a   Bokalo, Mike ^b   Greenway, Ken J ^c,d  

^a Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d Alberta Department of Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood; Forest management; Growth and yield; Harvesting systems; Mixedwood Growth Model; White spruce release; White spruce understory protection

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; REFORESTATION;

BOREAL MIXEDWOODS; GROWTH AND YIELD; GROWTH MODELS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; MIXEDWOOD; MIXEDWOOD GROWTH MODEL; WHITE SPRUCE; WHITE SPRUCE RELEASE; WHITE SPRUCE UNDERSTORY PROTECTION;

FORECASTING;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MIXED FOREST; TIMBER TRADE; UNDERSTORY; YIELD RESPONSE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; HARVESTING; MODELS; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84907262252     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2014-008     Document Type: Article

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