Structural changes in coniferous stands along a chronosequence and a productivity gradient in the northeastern boreal forest of Québec

Ecoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Boucher, Dominique ^a,b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   De Grandpré, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Balsam fir stands; Black spruce stands; Picea mariana; Site productivity; Stand diameter distribution; Stand dynamics; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33746279667     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-13-2-172.1     Document Type: Article

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