A comparison of historical and current forest cover in selected areas of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest of central Ontario

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 522-529

  Leadbitter, Paul ^a   Euler, David ^b,c   Naylor, Brian ^d  

^a Lakehead University ^*  (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Birch Point Enterprises   (Canada)

^d Min Nat Rsrc SC Sci/Info Sect   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crown Survey records; Frequency of occurrence; Great Lakes St. Lawrence Forest; Presettlement forest; Working group

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE FOREST;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; MALVACEAE; OSTRYA; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; ULMUS;

EID: 0036663050     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc78522-4     Document Type: Article

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