Will minor spruce components of boreal broadleaf stands replace themselves after clearcut harvesting?

"Boreal mixedwood management objectives for species composition, stand structure, and timber production might be achieved more effectively by applying a range of silvicultural prescriptions. To implement such a mixedwood strategy, it is essential to predict how management activities affect the amount, type, and spatial distribution of stands across the landscape. In this study the authors examine one component of such a mixedwood strategy, specifically the natural regeneration of white spruce within stands managed for broadleaf, predominantly aspen, production. This technical report addresses the following issues: the occurrence and distribution of white spruce natural regeneration in broadleaf-dominated stands that are being managed for broadleaf production in northern British Columbia; how this distribution compares with the distribution of a minor white spruce component in wildfire-origin broadleaf-dominated stands; whether a combination of inventory and site information can provide reliable prediction of white spruce natural regeneration; and whether the post-harvest broadleaf-dominated stands develop into stands similar to those that occurred previously on site.--Includes text from document."

"Will minor spruce components of boreal broadleaf stands replace themselves after clearcut harvesting?"@en
"Will minor spruce components of boreal broadleaf stands replace themselves after clearcut harvesting?"