Seed and bud legacies interact with varying fire regimes to drive long-term dynamics of boreal forest communities

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2765-2773

  McIntire, Eliot J B ^a,b   Duchesneau, Robin ^a,c   Kimmins, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEED;

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE PARADIGM; PREDISTURBANCE LEGACIES;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33644517901     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-187     Document Type: Article

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