Diversity and stability of understorey communities following disturbance in the southern boreal forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 777-784

  De Grandpré, Louis ^a,b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal understorey; Community structure; Disturbance; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; UNDERSTOREY COMMUNITY;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0031451744     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960601     Document Type: Article

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