Factors responsible for the co-occurrence of forested and unforested rock outcrops in the boreal forest

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-280

  Asselin, Hugo ^a   Belleau, Annie ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Boreal forest; Diverging types; Fire; Primary succession; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BOREAL FOREST; FIRE; OUTCROP; SUCCESSION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33644793411     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-005-1393-1     Document Type: Article

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