Designing forest vegetation management strategies based on the mechanisms and dynamics of crop tree competition by neighbouring vegetation

P Balandier, C Collet, JH Miller, PE Reynolds… - Forestry, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Plant interactions can be defined as the ways plants act upon the growth, fitness, survival
and reproduction of other plants, largely by modifying their environment. These interactions …

Role of soil nitrogen for the conifers of the boreal forest: a critical review

C Lupi, H Morin, A Deslauriers… - … Journal of Plant & …, 2013 - constellation.uqac.ca
Nitrogen is considered the most important element in plant nutrition and growth. However its
role and availability for boreal forest conifers is still debated. Boreal conifers have adapted …

Ecology and management of natural regeneration of white spruce in the boreal forest

SM Gärtner, VJ Lieffers… - Environmental Reviews, 2011 - cdnsciencepub.com
Most forest managers view natural regeneration of Picea glauca (white spruce) after forest
harvesting to be unreliable; in this paper the Authors dispute this idea by describing the …

Thaw depth determines reaction and transport of inorganic nitrogen in valley bottom permafrost soils: Nitrogen cycling in permafrost soils

TK Harms, JB Jones Jr - Global Change Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nitrate (NO 3–) export coupled with high inorganic nitrogen (N) concentrations in
Alaskan streams suggests that N cycles of permafrost‐influenced ecosystems are more …

Amino acid uptake in deciduous and coniferous taiga ecosystems

K Kielland, J McFarland, K Olson - Plant and Soil, 2006 - Springer
We measured in situ uptake of amino acids and ammonium across deciduous and
coniferous taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska to examine the idea that late …

The effect of interspecific competition on conifer seedling growth and nitrogen availability measured using ion-exchange membranes

RD Hangs, KJ Greer… - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2004 - cdnsciencepub.com
Au début de la phase d'établissement, la croissance des semis transplantés d'épinette
blanche (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) et de pin gris (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) peut être …

Effects of tree harvesting, forest floor removal, and compaction on soil microbial biomass, microbial respiration, and N availability in a boreal aspen forest in British …

L Mariani, SX Chang, R Kabzems - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
The effects of timber harvesting and the resultant soil disturbances (compaction and forest
floor removal) on relative soil water content, microbial biomass C and N contents (Cmic and …

Effects of understory removal, N fertilization, and litter layer removal on soil N cycling in a 13-year-old white spruce plantation infested with Canada bluejoint grass

M Matsushima, SX Chang - Plant and Soil, 2007 - Springer
Canada bluejoint grass [Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv., referred to as bluejoint
below] is a competitive understory species widely distributed in the boreal region in North …

Root traits explain observed tundra vegetation nitrogen uptake patterns: Implications for trait‐based land models

Q Zhu, CM Iversen, WJ Riley, IJ Slette… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing climate warming will likely perturb vertical distributions of nitrogen availability in
tundra soils through enhancing nitrogen mineralization and releasing previously …

Influence of ammonium and nitrate supply on growth, dry matter partitioning, N uptake and photosynthetic capacity of Pinus radiata seedlings

HE Bown, MS Watt, PW Clinton, EG Mason - Trees, 2010 - Springer
Growth and physiological responses of Pinus radiata D. Don seedlings to a combination of
N supply regimes (low N= 1.78 mol m− 3, high N= 7.14 mol m− 3) and ammonium: nitrate …