An attempt to explain the distribution of the tree species composing the riparian forests of Lake Duparquet, southern boreal region of Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1744-1755

  Denneler, Bernhard ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Bégin, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Flooding; Geomorphology; Physiographic cross section; Quebec; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CANADA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREE; VEGETATION ARRANGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

CANADA; LAKE DUPARQUET; QUEBEC;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0033511348     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-12-1744     Document Type: Article

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