Structure, composition, and diversity of old-growth black spruce boreal forest of the Clay Belt region in Quebec and Ontario

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Harper, Karen ^a   Boudreault, Catherine ^a,b   DeGrandpré, Louis ^a,b   Drapeau, Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^a,b   Bergeron, Yves ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Old growth; Paludification; Picea mariana; Structural development; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLAY DEPOSITS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CANOPY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTIC FLORA;

FORESTRY;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0242628913     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a03-013     Document Type: Review

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