Vegetation changes caused by recent fires in the northern boreal forest of eastern Canada

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-492

  Lavoie, Luc ^a,c   Sirois, Luc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Climate fire interaction; Deforestation; Jack Pine; Picea mariana; Pinus banksiana; Post fire regeneration

Indexed keywords

PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0031795656     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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