Reconstruction of fire history (1680-2003) in Gaspesian mixedwood boreal forests of eastern Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 244, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Lauzon, Ève ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire cycle; Little Ice Age; Mixedwood boreal forest; Natural disturbance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY;

FIRE CYCLE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MIXEDWOOD BOREAL FOREST; NATURAL DISTURBANCE;

FIRES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MIXED FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL TYPE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION TYPE;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY;

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

EID: 34248372922     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.064     Document Type: Article

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