Modelling growth-competition relationships in trembling aspen and white spruce mixed boreal forests of Western Canada.

We examined the effect of competition on stem growth of Picea glauca and Populus tremuloides in boreal mixedwood stands during the stem exclusion stage. We combined traditional approaches of collecting competition data with dendrochronology to provide retrospective measurements of stem diameter grow...

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Main Authors: Jian-Guo Huang, Kenneth J Stadt, Andria Dawson, Philip G Comeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3812010?pdf=render