The Acadian forest: Historical condition and human impacts

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 462-474

  Loo, J ^a   Ives, N ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acadian forest types; Historical ecology; Maritime Provinces; Natural disturbance; Pre European forest; Witness trees

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE;

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

ACADIAN FOREST; CANADA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; IMPLETA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA RUBENS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0141789914     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79462-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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