Interaction of Trembling Aspen and Lodgepole Pine in a Young Sub-Boreal Mixedwood Stand in Central British Columbia
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53511#.VMcrXyzQrzE Author(s) Amalesh Dhar 1,2* , Jian R. Wang 3 , Christopher D. B. Hawkins 1,4 Affiliation(s) 1 Mixedwood Ecology and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada . 2 Earth & Environmental Sciences and Physical Geography, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada . 3 Faculty of Natural Resource Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada . 4 Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Canada . ABSTRACT Strategies for managing mixed broadleaf-conifer stands in British Columbia (BC) have been under review in recent years as the benefits of mixedwood management have been recognized. More has been learned about the role of broadleaves in forest ecosystems however ecosystem-specific knowledge about the competitive interactions between mixed broadleaf-conifer stands is sti...