Silvicultural disturbance severity and plant communities of the southern Canadian boreal forest

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 307-327

  Haeussler, Sybille ^a   Bedford, Lorne ^b   Leduc, Alain ^c   Bergeron, Yves ^c   Kranabetter, J Marty ^b  

^a Stn Prov Govt ^*  (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Degradation; Ecosystem integrity; Life history strategies; Site preparation; Species composition; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SILVICULTURAL DISTURBANCE;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUEBEC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036091871     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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