The reduction of organic-layer depth by wildfire in the North American boreal forest and its effect on tree recruitment by seed

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1012-1023

  Greene, David F ^a   Macdonald, S Ellen ^b   Haeussler, Sybille ^c   Domenicano, Susy ^d   Noël, Josée ^e   Jayen, Karelle ^d   Charron, Isabelle ^f   Gauthier, Sylvie ^g   Hunt, Simon ^h   Gielau, E Trent ^a   Bergeron, Yves ⁱ   Swift, Lynn ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Agence Canadienne d'Évaluation Environnementale   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^h PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; NUTRIENTS; SEED;

ORGANIC-LAYER DEPTH; POSTFIRE STANDS; TREE BOLES; TREE RECRUITMENT;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RECRUITMENT; SEED SIZE; STAND DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEEDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34948830053     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-245     Document Type: Article

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