How resilient are northern hardwood forests to human disturbance? An evaluation using a plant functional group approach

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-271

  Aubin, Isabelle ^a   Gachet, Sophie ^b   Messier, Christian ^c   Bouchard, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Old growth; Plant biological traits; Second growth; Single tree selection harvest; Understory flora; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIFE HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 33947220872     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[259:HRANHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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