Snow avalanche activity after fire and logging disturbances, northern Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2103-2116

  Germain, Daniel ^a   Filion, Louise ^a   Hétu, Bernard ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SNOW; VEGETATION;

FOREST FRAGMENTATION; SNOW AVALANCHE; TREE REMOVAL; WOODY VEGETATION;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FIRE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SNOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION;

DRIFT; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FRAGMENTATION; LOGGING; PLANTS; SNOW;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33646425307     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-087     Document Type: Article

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