Using spatially explicit simulations to explore size distribution and spacing of regenerating areas produced by wildfires: Recommendations for designing harvest agglomerations for the Canadian boreal forest

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-83

  Belleau, Annie ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a,b   Leduc, Alain ^a,b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^c   Fall, Andrew ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Gowlland Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Boreal forest; Clearcut agglomeration size distribution; Fire regime; Fire size distribution; Forest management; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE HAZARDS; HARVESTING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BOREAL FORESTS; CLEARCUT AGGLOMERATION SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FIRE REGIME; FIRE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPACING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35548980931     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83072-1     Document Type: Article

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