Black spruce and jack pine dynamics simulated under varying fire cycles in the northern boreal forest of Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2399-2409

  Le Goff, Héloïse ^a,b   Sirois, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FIRE PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; WOOD;

FIRE CYCLE; POST FIRE REGENERATION; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; WOODY DEBRIS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; FIRE HISTORY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

DRAINAGE; FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PICEA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; WOOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 15944401734     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-121     Document Type: Article

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