Vegetation development of boreal riparian plant communities after flooding, fire, and logging, Peace River, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 101-120

  Timoney, Kevin P ^a,b   Peterson, George ^a,c   Wein, Ross ^c  

^a Wood Buffalo National Park   (Canada)

^b Treeline Ecological Research   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forestry; Old growth; Ordination; Riparian; Succession; White spruce

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FLOODING; LOGGING; RIPARIAN COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

CANADA, ALBERTA, WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK, PEACE RIVER LOWLANDS;

EPHILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EQUISETACEAE; EQUISETUM PRATENSE; HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS; ONAGRACEAE; PICEA GLAUCA; PINACEAE; PYROLA CHLORANTHA; PYROLACEAE;

EID: 0030613067     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03929-1     Document Type: Article

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