Species and stand dynamics in the mixed woods of Quebec's southern boreal forest

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1500-1516

  Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Balsam fir; Boreal forest disturbance regimes; Canopy gaps; Dendroecology; Forest fire; Forest succession; Mixed woods; Old growth forest; Post disturbance species dynamics; Southern Quebec boreail forest; Spruce budworm; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE HISTORY; PEST OUTBREAK; STAND DYNAMICS;

CANADA; LAKE DUPARQUET; QUEBEC;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0033947848     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1500:SASDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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