Asynchronous forest-stream coupling in a fire-prone boreal landscape: Insights from woody debris

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 789-801

  Arseneault, Dominique ^a   Boucher, Étienne ^a   Bouchon, Élodie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic woody debris; Boreal landscape; Disturbance severity; Ecosystem coupling; Ecosystem resilience; Forest stream interface; Lateral flow; Nonlinear ecosystem dynamics; Riparian forest; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; LANDSCAPE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STREAM; WOODY DEBRIS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34250679436     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01251.x     Document Type: Article

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