Scale-dependent determinants of heterogeneity in fire frequency in a coniferous boreal forest of eastern Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1325-1339

  Cyr, Dominic ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Bottom up; C te Nord; Cox regression; DEM; GIS; Partial likelihood; Picea mariana; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 35348972522     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9109-3     Document Type: Article

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