Ecological factors explaining the location of the boundary between the mixedwood and coniferous bioclimatic zones in the boreal biome of eastern North America

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-102

  Messaoud, Yassine ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a,b   Leduc, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal biome; Coniferous forest; Eastern North America; Ecological factors; Logistic regression; Mixedwood forest; Northern distribution limit; Scale

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33845682129     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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