Effect of aspen (Populus tremuloides) as a companion species on the growth of black spruce (Picea mariana) in the southwestern boreal forest of Quebec

S Légaré, Y Bergeron, D Paré - Forest Ecology and Management, 2005 - Elsevier
In the western boreal forest of Quebec, black spruce stand productivity is approximately
1m3/ha/year. The low productivity of these stands is often attributed to the paludification …

The responses of black spruce growth to an increased proportion of aspen in mixed stands

S Légaré, D Paré, Y Bergeron - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
In the southeastern boreal forest of Canada, the presence of mixed stands of black spruce
(Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) growing in …

[PDF][PDF] Growth and productivity of black spruce (Picea mariana) belonging to the first cohort in stands within and north of the commercial forest in Quebec, Canada

S Rossi, H Morin, MJ Tremblay - Annals of Forest Science, 2010 - afs-journal.org
The managed area of the North-American boreal forest has been studied extensively.
However, because of their inaccessibility, the growth and dynamics of trees at higher …

Early development of tended mixtures of aspen and spruce in western Canadian boreal forests

M Bokalo, PG Comeau, SJ Titus - Forest ecology and management, 2007 - Elsevier
In 1992, the Western Boreal Growth and Yield Association (WESBOGY) began a long-term
study to evaluate the dynamics of regenerated aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)—white …

Aspen competition affects light and white spruce growth across several boreal sites in western Canada

CN Filipescu, PG Comeau - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
The effectiveness of competition indices for predicting light transmittance and white spruce
(Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) growth were examined across trembling aspen (Populus …

[HTML][HTML] Conifer Recruitment in Trembling Aspen (Populus Tremuloides Michx.) Stands along an East-West Gradient in the Boreal Mixedwoods of Canada

P Nlungu-Kweta, A Leduc, Y Bergeron - Forests, 2014 - mdpi.com
Ongoing climate change is likely to result in shifts in successional dynamics in boreal
mixedwood stands. Using data from provincial forest inventory databases, we examined the …

[PDF][PDF] Net effect of competing vegetation on selected environmental conditions and performance of four spruce seedling stock sizes after eight years in Québec …

R Jobidon, V Roy, G Cyr - Annals of Forest Science, 2003 - afs-journal.org
A study was established in 1993 to determine the response of four black spruce (Picea
mariana) and white spruce (P. glauca) stock sizes on two sites located in Québec (Canada) …

Trembling aspen competition and climate effects on white spruce growth in boreal mixtures of Western Canada

F Cortini, PG Comeau, M Bokalo - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
We investigated the combined effect of trembling aspen competition and climate on white
spruce growth using data from a long term study with matching treatments spread across the …

Aboveground productivity of pure and mixed Norway spruce and European beech stands

S Sprauer, J Nagel - European journal of forest research, 2015 - Springer
The aim of this study was to compare increment in mixed stands to the respective pure
stands adopting, as an example, mixed stands comprising Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] …

Competitive interactions between aspen and white spruce vary with stand age in boreal mixedwoods

CN Filipescu, PG Comeau - Forest Ecology and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
Effects of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) competition on growth of white spruce (Picea
glauca (Moench) Voss) were examined using a neighbourhood approach across an age …