Issues and solutions for intensive plantation silviculture in a context of ecosystem management;Enjeux et solutions pour la sylviculture intensive de plantations dans un contexte d'aménagement écosystémique

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 732-762

  Barrette, Martin ^a   Leblanc, Marc ^a   Thiffault, Nelson ^a,b   Paquette, Alain ^c   Lavoie, Luc ^d   Bélanger, Louis ^b   Bujold, Frédéric ^a   Côté, Lévis ^h   Lamoureux, Jean ^h   Schneider, Robert ^e   Tremblay, Jean Pierre ^b,f   Côté, Sylvie ^g   Boucher, Yan ^a,b   Deshaies, Marie Ève ^b  

^a Min des Forets de la Faune et des Parcsdirection Regionale de la Faune Saguenay Lac Saint Jean   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Université du Québec À Montréal ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^f CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^g Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Foresterie de Sainte Foy Inc   (Canada)

^h Centre D'enseignement et de Recherche en Foresterie de Sainte Foy Inc ^*

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem management; Intensive silviculture; Naturalness; Plantation; Spatial arrangement; Yield

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST PLANTATION; INTENSIVE SILVICULTURES; NATURAL FORESTS; NATURALNESS; PLANTATION; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TIMBER SUPPLY; YIELD;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURALNESS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PROFITABILITY; SILVICULTURE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER; YIELD;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS;

EID: 84918561870     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2014-147     Document Type: Article

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