Forest stand structure and dynamics at Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Community Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-204

  Caners, R T ^a   Kenkel, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Boreal forest; Disturbance; Eastern deciduous; Fire; Herbivory; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; ACER SPICATUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0346396712     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.2.6     Document Type: Article

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