Using knowledge of natural disturbances to support sustainable forest management in the northern Clay Belt

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-337

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^c   Lecomte, Nicolas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Valeur Nature   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse filter; Even aged management; Harvest pattern; Historic variability; Landscape patterns; Natural disturbance; Volume retention

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING;

COARSE FILTERS; EVEN AGED MANAGEMENT; HARVEST PATTERN; LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; NATURAL DISTURBANCES; VOLUME RETENTION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FILTER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILDFIRE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 35548981658     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc83326-3     Document Type: Article

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