Postfire dynamics of black spruce coarse woody debris in northern boreal forest of Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1770-1780

  Boulanger, Yan ^a   Sirois, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NITROGEN;

ASYMBIOTIC NITROGEN FIXATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); POSTFIRE DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEAD WOOD; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FIRE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SNAG; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; PICEA MARIANA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

INSECTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33748890073     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-070     Document Type: Article

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