Spatial vegetation diversity index along a postfire successional gradient in the northern Boreal forest

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-213

  Fortin, Marie Josée ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a   Marineau, Kim ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Lichen; Liverwort; Moss; Patchiness; Postfire succession; Spatial diversity index; Spatial occupancy

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST FIRE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033391812     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682521     Document Type: Article

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