Effects of post-windthrow management interventions on understory plant communities in aspen-dominated boreal forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 323, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-46

  Schafer, Andrew ^a   Man, Rongzhou ^b   Chen, Han Y H ^a   Lu, Pengxin ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearcut; Diversity and composition; Forest renewal; Herbicide application; Salvage logging; Windrowing

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; TUNGSTEN; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

CLEARCUT; FOREST RENEWAL; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; SALVAGE LOGGING; WINDROWING;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WINDTHROW;

EID: 84936928642     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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