COMPARATIVE SNOW DEPTHS IN 40-YEAR-OLD, VARIABLE-SPACED CONIFER PLANTATIONS NEAR THUNDER BAY ONTARIO

• Main Authors: Racey, G. D., Racey, E. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 1991
• Subjects: Thunder Bay; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1083

January snow depths were measured in randomized, 40 yr old, red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait), white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss.) and black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) plantations at 1.8, 2.7 and 3.6 m spacing. Relative availability of the tree species to intercept snow, varied with sp...