Fire-induced decrease in forest cover on a small rock outcrop in the Abitibi region of Québec, Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-524

  Larocque, Isabelle ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Campbell, Ian D ^b   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal and pollen analyses; Forest fire; Vegetation change through time

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; FOREST COVER; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; OUTCROP; PALYNOLOGY;

ABITIBI; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0346398139     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682800     Document Type: Article

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