Growth and nutrition of hybrid poplars fertilized at planting in the boreal forest of western quebec

Study sites Two hybrid poplar plantations were established in spring 2003 in the region of Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. The first plantation was established on an abandoned farmland site near the locality of Amos (48° 35' N, 78° 05' W), which...

Natural root grafting in hybrid poplar clones

Competition is often viewed as one of the main driver of interactions between trees, but this idea is being challenged with examples of cooperation or facilitation through natural root grafting (Bertness & Callaway, 1994; McIntire & Fajardo, 2014). Root grafts...