A field experiment to determine the effect of post-fire salvage on seedbeds and tree regeneration

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Greene, David F ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Noë, Joseé ^c   Rousseau, Mélanie ^d   Bergeron, Yves ^e  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Agence Canadienne d'Évaluation Environnementale   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FIRE; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33645325973     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)004[0069:AFETDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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