Using dendrochronology to reconstruct disturbance and forest dynamics around Lake Duparquet, northwestern Quebec

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 175-189

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Denneler, Bernhard ^a   Charron, Danielle ^a   Girardin, Martin Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Dendroecology; Forest dynamics; Forest fire; Forest management; Insect outbreak; Natural disturbance; Ring width

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE;

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

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FRAXINUS NIGRA; INSECTA; LARIX; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PICEA; PRISTIPHORA ERICHSONII; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 1842801786     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1125-7865-00015     Document Type: Article

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