The millennial dynamics of a boreal forest stand from buried trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 490-504

  Arseneault, Dominique ^a   Sirois, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Climate fire interactions; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem stability; Millennial forest dynamics; Post fire forest development; Species growth rates

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; HOLOCENE; LIFE HISTORY; RECRUITMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 2642541143     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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