Initial response of understorey vegetation to fire severity and salvage-logging in the southern boreal forest of Québec

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-60

  Purdon, Mark ^a,b   Brais, Suzanne ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecosystem management; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

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EID: 2542519307     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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