Modelling recruitment of Populus tremuloides, Pinus banksiana, and Picea mariana following fire in the mixedwood boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 462-473

  Greene, D F ^a   Johnson, E A ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MIXED FOREST; MODELING; RECRUITMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC; SASKATCHEWAN;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0033020240     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-211     Document Type: Article

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