Early growth of white spruce underplanted beneath spaced and unspaced aspen stands in northeastern British Columbia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Comeau, Philip G, Filipescu, Cosmin N, Kabzems, Richard, DeLong, Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2004
• Subjects: Fort Nelson
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x04-105; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x04-105

We examined the growth of white spruce planted underneath a 33-year-old stand of trembling aspen following thinning and fertilization. Thinning the stand to 2000 stems·ha –1 resulted in increased light reaching spruce seedlings and significant increases in height and diameter growth of seedlings ove...